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Show Me The Money by limekiller4 · 2002-08-06 02:42 · Score: 5, Interesting · on Digital Restrictions Management for P2P Systems

First, let me say that what I'm about to show might be entirely common among colleges, not just the Georgia Institute of Technology. But whenever I see some academic group pushing something that is inexorably linked to commercial interests, I start looking for a money trail.

EPICS, Georgia Tech Receives Software Grant to Improve Retention For Minority Students (2000)
This year, they'll have even more to celebrate, as Microsoft Research's University Relations Group announces a grant that will put "bundles" of its latest software and publications in the hands of 1,000 underrepresented students over the next two years.

EPICS, Microsoft Partnership Donates Software to Hands On Atlanta (date unknown)
"Thanks to the partnership of the nationally based Engineering Projects In Community Service (EPICS) and Microsoft Corporation, a generous software gift was recently donated to HOA. This software, Microsoft Project 2000, will allow the organization to implement a system to improve its special events planning. "

Microsoft Exec to Address Georgia Tech Grads (1999)
Deborah Willingham, vice president of Microsoft Corporation's Business and Enterprise Division Marketing, will address Georgia Institute of Technology's 205th Commencement ceremony on Saturday, December 18.

Microsoft grant gives OMED another reason to celebrate at Tower Awards(date unknown)
This year, adding to the excitement, Microsoft Research's University Relations Group announced a grant that will put "bundles" of its latest software and publications in the hands of 1,000 underrepresented [Georgia Tech] students over the next two years.

This was just a quick check on Google.

Again, there might not be a cookie jar that Microsoft doesn't have their fist in, but it might be nice to know.

Show Me The Money by limekiller4 · 2002-08-06 02:42 · Score: 5, Interesting · on Digital Restrictions Management for P2P Systems

First, let me say that what I'm about to show might be entirely common among colleges, not just the Georgia Institute of Technology. But whenever I see some academic group pushing something that is inexorably linked to commercial interests, I start looking for a money trail.

EPICS, Georgia Tech Receives Software Grant to Improve Retention For Minority Students (2000)
This year, they'll have even more to celebrate, as Microsoft Research's University Relations Group announces a grant that will put "bundles" of its latest software and publications in the hands of 1,000 underrepresented students over the next two years.

EPICS, Microsoft Partnership Donates Software to Hands On Atlanta (date unknown)
"Thanks to the partnership of the nationally based Engineering Projects In Community Service (EPICS) and Microsoft Corporation, a generous software gift was recently donated to HOA. This software, Microsoft Project 2000, will allow the organization to implement a system to improve its special events planning. "

Microsoft Exec to Address Georgia Tech Grads (1999)
Deborah Willingham, vice president of Microsoft Corporation's Business and Enterprise Division Marketing, will address Georgia Institute of Technology's 205th Commencement ceremony on Saturday, December 18.

Microsoft grant gives OMED another reason to celebrate at Tower Awards(date unknown)
This year, adding to the excitement, Microsoft Research's University Relations Group announced a grant that will put "bundles" of its latest software and publications in the hands of 1,000 underrepresented [Georgia Tech] students over the next two years.

This was just a quick check on Google.

Again, there might not be a cookie jar that Microsoft doesn't have their fist in, but it might be nice to know.

Show Me The Money by limekiller4 · 2002-08-06 02:42 · Score: 5, Interesting · on Digital Restrictions Management for P2P Systems

First, let me say that what I'm about to show might be entirely common among colleges, not just the Georgia Institute of Technology. But whenever I see some academic group pushing something that is inexorably linked to commercial interests, I start looking for a money trail.

EPICS, Georgia Tech Receives Software Grant to Improve Retention For Minority Students (2000)
This year, they'll have even more to celebrate, as Microsoft Research's University Relations Group announces a grant that will put "bundles" of its latest software and publications in the hands of 1,000 underrepresented students over the next two years.

EPICS, Microsoft Partnership Donates Software to Hands On Atlanta (date unknown)
"Thanks to the partnership of the nationally based Engineering Projects In Community Service (EPICS) and Microsoft Corporation, a generous software gift was recently donated to HOA. This software, Microsoft Project 2000, will allow the organization to implement a system to improve its special events planning. "

Microsoft Exec to Address Georgia Tech Grads (1999)
Deborah Willingham, vice president of Microsoft Corporation's Business and Enterprise Division Marketing, will address Georgia Institute of Technology's 205th Commencement ceremony on Saturday, December 18.

Microsoft grant gives OMED another reason to celebrate at Tower Awards(date unknown)
This year, adding to the excitement, Microsoft Research's University Relations Group announced a grant that will put "bundles" of its latest software and publications in the hands of 1,000 underrepresented [Georgia Tech] students over the next two years.

This was just a quick check on Google.

Again, there might not be a cookie jar that Microsoft doesn't have their fist in, but it might be nice to know.

Protect me from myself, GTIS by no_choice · 2002-08-06 02:36 · Score: 1 · on Digital Restrictions Management for P2P Systems

You know, I had some doubts, but after taking a look at their Steering Committee, I have all the confidence in the world that these people should control what I watch and listen to on my computer.

Stating the obvious... by Dr.Seuss · 2002-08-06 02:05 · Score: 2, Insightful · on Digital Restrictions Management for P2P Systems

As an employee of GT College of Computing, I'd like to reiterate that Paul's opinions don't reflect those of many of us here.
Just like many other places in the world, we have dissenting opinions running around the office, too.

Other places in Georgia by MoonFacedAssassin · 2002-07-31 04:39 · Score: 2, Interesting · on Wireless Clouds for Good and Ill

Athens isn't the only place starting things like this. Valdosta State University has a wireless network spread out over most of the campus. Supposedly there is Wi-Fi being setup in Valdosta itself, nothing known whether or not it is a free service venture.

GA Tech also has a couple of projects going on here and here.
Georgia Southwestern State University also has an endeavour. As does the Medical College of Georgia.

Other places in Georgia by MoonFacedAssassin · 2002-07-31 04:39 · Score: 2, Interesting · on Wireless Clouds for Good and Ill

Athens isn't the only place starting things like this. Valdosta State University has a wireless network spread out over most of the campus. Supposedly there is Wi-Fi being setup in Valdosta itself, nothing known whether or not it is a free service venture.

GA Tech also has a couple of projects going on here and here.
Georgia Southwestern State University also has an endeavour. As does the Medical College of Georgia.

Other places in Georgia by MoonFacedAssassin · 2002-07-31 04:39 · Score: 2, Interesting · on Wireless Clouds for Good and Ill

Athens isn't the only place starting things like this. Valdosta State University has a wireless network spread out over most of the campus. Supposedly there is Wi-Fi being setup in Valdosta itself, nothing known whether or not it is a free service venture.

GA Tech also has a couple of projects going on here and here.
Georgia Southwestern State University also has an endeavour. As does the Medical College of Georgia.

Re:Ugly, Ugly, Ugly by Lumpy · 2002-07-29 06:05 · Score: 2 · on Heads-Up Wearable Display

Because they CAN.

Thad Starner who worked with Steve Mann bact at MIT has used a nearly invisible HUD built into his glasses for almost 3 years now.

lookie here
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/fac/Thad.Starner/

You must be kidding me - SIGGRAPH was MUCH more... by SpaceGhost · 2002-07-27 14:16 · Score: 3, Informative · on Virtual Sword Fighting

This wasnt even close to the coolest thing at SIGGRAPH! Takeo Igarashi's work on predictive interfacing making easier 2d and 3d drawing tools was cooler. Digiplasty , a kind of 3d exquisite corpse as shown by Stewart and Makai was cooler. (For that matter the Studio, manned by Makai, Stewart, Scott and many others, where you could create 2d and 3d art and print 2d and 3d was AWESOME - you could work in there for hours, vs. the few seconds of playing with a silly virtual sword.) Scotts Dodecahedron was a wonderful example of taking something abstract and virtual and making it real and usable. Isa's overview of wearable tech and cyberfashion (she took out the notes, dammit!) was refreshing, if not so new to a frequent slashdotter. (She's a burner too!) Some of the mixed reality work being done at the University of Singapore was really neat. (This is an example of some of the most exciting stuff there. Several researchers showed some great work being done in augmented reality, and combining that with some of the reasonable priced wearable and wirelessable computing, we can see some real headway being made. One researcher even composites a virtual face back onto a fellow participant in the augemented reality environment, masking the HMD, even going so far as to track the eyes and simulate the gaze.) The results of last years meditation chamber research installation was an interesting and possibly VERY useful application of VR technology. W. Bradford Paley's work on applying alternative interfaces to explore other media was fascinating, where you can use this LARGE java tool named TextArc to examine graphically over 400 literary works. The Web3D Consortium's release of the final working draft of X3D (with tools) could end up being much more important than the newest video card from ATI. Dietmar Offenhuber's work on non-isotropic spaces at wegzeit was an interesting approach to mapping and representing real places. Zachary Simpson et al's delightfully simple shadow interactivity was many times more fun than the virtual swordfight. Fabric.ch's knowscape was also exciting, both for the viewers and the presenter, as he would find additions from his European counterparts each morning when he logged on to the shared 3d space. Kenneth Huff's beautiful art using maya was just one example of some wonderful digital work being done. Lastly, Michael J. Lyons soon-to-be-published research on the aesthetics of Tokyo's Kyoto Gardens was both informative and inspiring. And this is just a TINY PART of what happened there!

Really, SIGGRAPH was NOT just an exhibition floor with cheesey swag (although the little green LED lights were very nice) and some cool new toys. It was presentation after presentation by resesarchers, some barely able to speak engrish, but all excited about their work and open to collaboration. It was hours and hours of animation, some (Like Allain Escalle's "Le Conte du monde flottant") were so stunning as to make you forget where animation ended and life began. Disney's work on replacing one actors face with another, retaining ALL facial expression, was downright scary. And the Spiderman gag footage, his spidey-suit oddly replaced with a fully reflective silver surface, like most of the rest of SIGGRAPH'S less entertaining presentations, were surely an indication of things to come.
Take the time to go to SIGGRAPH2002 and look around. If you find something interesting, write the author. This is where the new VR and AR comes from - not ATI!

It's a question of motives by bizob · 2002-07-25 09:31 · Score: 1 · on Economics and Open Source Projects

I don't think that there is any (valid) question as to whether or not open source works under our economic models. The question lies in why, when given the choice, developers choose to contribute their valuable free time and brain power to a project that gives them no short-term direct benefit. It's a question of maximizing utility. We know that open source progammers do maximize their utility (they must), but the difficulty lies in explaining exactly how this occurs.

I'm currently working on my senior thesis which attempts to model this behavior in participants in open source programming (ideas and help appreciated gt9977b@prism.gatech.edu) As an economist, I'm arrogant enough to believe that there's a way to model just about everything mathematically, and so I'm attempting to do this with open source. I'm currently working under the assumption that there are 3 types of people: strictly non-programming users, programmers who contribute to a project, and programmers who free-ride on the project. My purpose is to try to determine what causes a distinction between the 2 types of programmers, and if one programmer is motivated to free-ride, why all programmers aren't also motivated to do the same thing, thus causing a collapse of the whole system. (I know that all programmers aren't the same, but a model needs some sort of simplification, and part of what I'm trying to explain is exactly what makes these types of people different.)

Anyway, its easy to say that everything works because of free markets or supply and demand, or something equally simplistic, but a lot of economic thought goes into exactly what goes on behind the scenes that makes this all work in the first place. We always say that there's this invisible hand that makes everything work because when everybody works in their own self-interest, society as a whole benefits. It's up to the economist to question this at all times and attempt to explain apparent anomalies. It's kind of like the world as a whole accepts economic principles as "binaries", but economists like the author of this article, myself, and many others are attempting to delve into the "source code" of economic theories and principles, attempting to tweak them in order to better function in our world.

mirrors by dotgod · 2002-07-23 05:35 · Score: 3, Informative · on Mandrake Linux 9.0 Beta 1

Australia

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Austria

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Belgium

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vortex-induced lift by bob@dB.org · 2002-07-21 21:32 · Score: 2 · on F-22 Avionics Require Inflight Reboot

have a look at this. i'm not saying the f22 does this, but the concept is not ridiculous!

Future of Non-Poly/Surface Rendering Systems by Effugas · 2002-07-17 09:45 · Score: 4, Interesting · on Talk to a Movie Digital SFX Expert

Point-based rendering has shown some amazing results -- QSplat, for example, provides results in realtime that are flat out unimaginable out of traditional engines. Even higher quality output is coming out of the Surface splatting hackers.

Image based systems also seem to be yielding results -- Gondry's Star Guitar video, which showed scenes from a window of a train synchronized to music, was undeniably compelling and could simply not have been done with traditional 3D approaches. Schodel and Essa's work with Video Sprites are also quite impressive.

I don't mean to provide a litany of unusual rendering techniques for you to ponder. I bring them up because polygonal approaches have clearly yielded some incredible results, and I'm interested to know whether you think point-based and/or image-based strategies will yield similarly disruptive fruit. Also, I'm curious whether you're aware of any other particularly obscure but powerful methods for scene generation.

So, in short: What's next for 3D?

Yours Truly,

Dan Kaminsky
DoxPara Research
http://www.doxpara.com

Re:Well say what you want by Ivan+Raikov · 2002-07-06 04:38 · Score: 2 · on Good Morning, Professor Romero

No. Not at all. To verify my statement, go take English 101 with a professor who thinks he is the Bard 2.0.

Also, go take Intro to Physics with a world-class award winning particle physicist.

OK, so I should have said teachers of technical subjects, such as computer science or engineering. You're right, I've had pretentious literature teachers who were pretty damn worthless.

As far as physics is concerned, my father has the introductory physics textbooks written by Richard Feynman, which were apparently used at Caltech for a long time, and I must say that these are some of the most concise, well-written textbooks I've ever read. But of course nowadays many universities, including the school I attend devoutly follow the grand tradition of annual replacement of the expensive introductory calculus and physics textbooks with even more expensive textbooks with even more worthless full-color pictures, so Feynman's textbooks clearly cannot be used. But I digress...

Use online resources by Brad+Lucier · 2002-07-02 08:38 · Score: 1 · on Options for Adults with Renewed Interest in Math?

There are 125 online math texts listed at dmoz. Other good resources include George Cain's page, the World Wide Web Virtual Library and Alexandre Stefanov's list

Shameless plug: I started an online publishing company that distributes PDF texts free of charge for students' self-study. Our first book is designed to help the student move on from Calculus to more rigorous mathematics.

Re:Who stands a better chance? by numatrix · 2002-07-02 03:19 · Score: 2, Informative · on More on Riemann Hypothesis

A good example of a computer proving a hypothesis, with a great deal of human help, of course, is the map coloring problem. The current best-case proof that the minimum number of colors required to color any map is four utilizes a brute-force approach where the solution space is broken down into a finite (but large) number of possibilities that the computer can then attack individually.

Re:VMs in the OS by RevAaron · 2002-06-25 04:57 · Score: 2 · on Virtual Machine Design and Implementation in C/C++

But has anybody given any thought to making a VM that runs almost on top of the hardware with almost no system calls?

It's been done many times since the 70s. Not sure the first time a VM-based language was the OS, but it was the case with Smalltalk, as far back as 1972 or 1976. You can still get a Smalltalk-based OS with SqueakNOS. Squeak traditionally runs on top of a host OS like Linux, Mac OS, Windows and many others, but it has almost all of the features of an OS, including an awesome (but non-traditional) GUI system, compleat with remote viewing. The binaries are identical between the OS-version of Squeak an the hosted-on-Linux version.

The current state of SqueakNOS is that you still have to write a little C for certain things. Luckily, you can write your low-level code in a subset of Smalltalk and have it translated to C. That's how the Squeak virtual machine is written, no manual C coding required. However, there is active work being done on Squeampiler, which allows Squeak itself to compile and generate native code. Which means the entire system 100% will be in Smalltalk.

As it is now, if you want to change (in SqueakNOS or Squeak on top of a 'normal' OS) fundamental changes to the language can be made within the environment. The only thing compiled to C is the virtual machine and other C plugins, like OS-specific functions. Everything else, the bytecode compiler, the parser, an emulator for itself, all the development tools and libraries are all written in Smalltalk.

I am working on an operating environment for PDAs, Dynapad along these lines. I'm doing the development on top of Linux/PPC, Solaris/SPARC, and Windows/x86 and run it on my iPAQ under WinCE/ARM. Eventually, I'd like to run it as the OS, if something like OSKit ever makes it's way to the iPAQ platform.

Everybody loves NAZIs! by Thud457 · 2002-06-25 04:09 · Score: -1 · on Shocked, Shocked at Payola

NAZI s! We have NAZI s! Here at crazy uncle Sam's project Paperclip, we have the finest NAZI s your taxpayer money could buy!

We've got big name NAZI super-scientists like Wernher von Braun, who single-handedly built the US space program when we couldn't get even a mouse into space without blowing up on the pad! And don't you believe those who would cast aspersions on his character! He used concentration camp slave labor to build his V1s & V2s that he blew up innocent Londoners with!

If you're looking to beef up your intelligence services, Reinhard Gehlen is the NAZI for you! He's the NAZI that can make those commie bastards talk! He comes with a vast cache of intelligence documents on the USSR compilled by the pain-staking tourture and interrogation of red commie-bastard prisoners. Why do your own legwork when it's already been done for you?!! This man would be a great addition to any spy agency, and a sterling influence upon your junior agents!

If you're a US presidential candidate, and want to ensure that you crush your ineffectual, peanut-farming Democratic competitor, Heinrich Rupp is the NAZI for you! With strong ties to the Arab community, he can manage complex three-cornered schemes that will ensure that those hostages aren't released while there's a Democrat in the Oval Office. As a bonus, you can use the proceeds to fund anti-communist fascists in Central America.

We also have such all-stars as Arthur Rudolph, Kurt Blome, Walter Schreiber and Licio Gelli! We have everything you need to build an enlightened, democratic new world order! So hurry on down to crazy uncle Sam's before all of our NAZI s are gone!

(One of our most notorious NAZI s now works for Microsoft where he continues to commit crimes against humanity.)

Everybody loves NAZIs! by Thud457 · 2002-06-25 03:27 · Score: -1 · on XBox + UltimateTV for $500

NAZI s! We have NAZI s! Here at crazy uncle Sam's project Paperclip, we have the finest NAZI s your taxpayer money could buy!

We've got big name NAZI super-scientists like Wernher von Braun, who single-handedly built the US space program when we couldn't get even a mouse into space without blowing up on the pad! And don't you believe those who would cast aspersions on his character! He used concentration camp slave labor to build his V1s & V2s that he blew up innocent Londoners with!

If you're looking to beef up your intelligence services, Reinhard Gehlen is the NAZI for you! He's the NAZI that can make those commie bastards talk! He comes with a vast cache of intelligence documents on the USSR compilled by the pain-staking tourture and interrogation of red commie-bastard prisoners. Why do your own legwork when it's already been done for you?!! This man would be a great addition to any spy agency, and a sterling influence upon your junior agents!

If you're a US presidential candidate, and want to ensure that you crush your ineffectual, peanut-farming Democratic competitor, Heinrich Rupp is the NAZI for you! With strong ties to the Arab community, he can manage complex three-cornered schemes that will ensure that those hostages aren't released while there's a Democrat in the Oval Office. As a bonus, you can use the proceeds to fund anti-communist fascists in Central America.

We also have such all-stars as Arthur Rudolph, Kurt Blome, Walter Schreiber and Licio Gelli! We have everything you need to build an enlightened, democratic new world order! So hurry on down to crazy uncle Sam's before all of our NAZI s are gone!

(One of our most notorious NAZI s now works for Microsoft where he continues to commit crimes against humanity.)

Everybody love NAZIs! by Thud457 · 2002-06-25 02:44 · Score: -1 · on Virtual Machine Design and Implementation in C/C++

NAZI s! We have NAZI s! Here at crazy uncle Sam's project Paperclip, we have the finest NAZI s your taxpayer money could buy!

We've got big name NAZI super-scientists like Wernher von Braun, who single-handedly built the US space program when we couldn't get even a mouse into space without blowing up on the pad! And don't you believe those who would cast aspersions on his character! He used concentration camp slave labor to build his V1s & V2s that he blew up innocent Londoners with!

If you're looking to beef up your intelligence services, Reinhard Gehlen is the NAZI for you! He's the NAZI that can make those commie bastards talk! He comes with a vast cache of intelligence documents on the USSR compilled by the pain-staking tourture and interrogation of red commie-bastard prisoners. Why do your own legwork when it's already been done for you?!! This man would be a great addition to any spy agency, and a sterling influence upon your junior agents!

If you're a US presidential candidate, and want to ensure that you crush your ineffectual, peanut-farming Democratic competitor, Heinrich Rupp is the NAZI for you! With strong ties to the Arab community, he can manage complex three-cornered schemes that will ensure that those hostages aren't released while there's a Democrat in the Oval Office. As a bonus, you can use the proceeds to fund anti-communist fascists in Central America.

We also have such all-stars as Arthur Rudolph, Kurt Blome, Walter Schreiber and Licio Gelli! We have everything you need to build an enlightened, democratic new world order! So hurry on down to crazy uncle Sam's before all of our NAZI s are gone!

(One of our most notorious NAZI s now works for Microsoft where he continues to commit crimes against humanity.)

Everybody loves NAZIs! by Thud457 · 2002-06-25 01:58 · Score: -1 · on XPlay: iPod with Windows

NAZI s! We have NAZI s! Here at crazy uncle Sam's project Paperclip, we have the finest NAZI s your taxpayer money could buy!

We've got big name NAZI super-scientists like Wernher von Braun, who single-handedly built the US space program when we couldn't get even a mouse into space without blowing up on the pad! And don't you believe those who would cast aspersions on his character! He used concentration camp slave labor to build his V1s & V2s that he blew up innocent Londoners with!

If you're looking to beef up your intelligence services, Reinhard Gehlen is the NAZI for you! He's the NAZI that can make those commie bastards talk! He comes with a vast cache of intelligence documents on the USSR compilled by the pain-staking tourture and interrogation of red commie-bastard prisoners. Why do your own legwork when it's already been done for you?!! This man would be a great addition to any spy agency, and a sterling influence upon your junior agents!

If you're a US presidential candidate, and want to ensure that you crush your ineffectual, peanut-farming Democratic competitor, Heinrich Rupp is the NAZI for you! With strong ties to the Arab community, he can manage complex three-cornered schemes that will ensure that those hostages aren't released while there's a Democrat in the Oval Office. As a bonus, you can use the proceeds to fund anti-communist fascists in Central America.

We also have such all-stars as Arthur Rudolph, Kurt Blome, Walter Schreiber and Licio Gelli! We have everything you need to build an enlightened, democratic new world order! So hurry on down to crazy uncle Sam's before all of our NAZI s are gone!

KDE FTP mirrors by Pooh22 · 2002-05-23 00:40 · Score: 1 · on KDE 3.0.1 Ships

Primary Mirrors

Germany
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde
USA
ftp://download.us.kde.org/pub/kde (http)
ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/packages/desktops/kde/ (http)
ftp://ftp.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/kde (http)
United Kingdom
ftp://download.uk.kde.org/pub/kde (http)
Australia
ftp://download.au.kde.org/pub/kde (http)
Austria
ftp://download.at.kde.org/pub/kde/ (http)
Sweden
ftp://ftp.du.se/pub/mirrors/kde/ (http)

source: http://www.kde.org/ftpmirrors.html

KDE FTP mirrors by Pooh22 · 2002-05-23 00:40 · Score: 1 · on KDE 3.0.1 Ships

Primary Mirrors

Germany
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde
USA
ftp://download.us.kde.org/pub/kde (http)
ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/packages/desktops/kde/ (http)
ftp://ftp.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/kde (http)
United Kingdom
ftp://download.uk.kde.org/pub/kde (http)
Australia
ftp://download.au.kde.org/pub/kde (http)
Austria
ftp://download.at.kde.org/pub/kde/ (http)
Sweden
ftp://ftp.du.se/pub/mirrors/kde/ (http)

source: http://www.kde.org/ftpmirrors.html

Re:Sounds like fun by RevAaron · 2002-05-13 02:14 · Score: 2 · on Toolkits for 2D Animation?

Just remembered something... Within the stock Squeak image, are some classes that go under the heading "StarSqueak." StarSqueak is a Squeak port/analog of StarLogo, a Logo dialect aimed at big Logo-driven simulations with many (hundreds-thousands) of "turtles." In the Squeak version, the coding of the "Turtles" (agents) and the world is done in Smalltalk, rather than logo. Info.

The Wearable Comp. Guy at Georgia Tech does it... by gte910h · 2002-05-09 09:32 · Score: 1 · on Digitizing Your Dead Trees?

...so he can read them on his wearable. Why don't you ask him? (Thad Starner)

Re:Some is way too verbose by RovingSlug · 2002-04-29 17:51 · Score: 1 · on Downsides to the C++ STL?

Looks good. Could you provide links? Because, I found:

The Lambda Library for C++, last updated May 2000.
FC++: Functional Programming in C++, last updated July 2001.
FACT!, last updated September 2001.

Definitely some good stuff in there, but considering their last updates, not exactly "working the hell out of". :/ Is it just that it's been stabilizing? Or, are there other projects out there I haven't hit on, yet?

ISS ISS ISS ISS by da_weaz · 2002-04-26 07:40 · Score: 1 · on Recommendations for Third Party Security Audits?

If you can't tell I'm a big proponent of ISS. But then again I'm also a student at GA Tech! Not a big fan of their BlackICE product but a big fan of their R&D and Corp Security Audit abilities. You may want to also check out your "local" chapter of Infragard and ISSA. These are both very reputable INFOSEC SIGs with members who are actively involved in INFOSEC issues of all varieties.

Taking it to the next level... by Angry+Black+Man · 2002-04-23 23:57 · Score: 3, Interesting · on How to Build a Computerized Android Robot Head

Georgia Tech students have put together a project called the "Aware House." They're basic given a two level house downtown to do all sorts of experiments to see how they can improve on living. One of their projects is an "android-style" face that could represent the face of the house showing and telling all sorts of useful things about what is going on. You can find the "Giving the house a face" page here, and the Aware House website here.

Taking it to the next level... by Angry+Black+Man · 2002-04-23 23:57 · Score: 3, Interesting · on How to Build a Computerized Android Robot Head

Georgia Tech students have put together a project called the "Aware House." They're basic given a two level house downtown to do all sorts of experiments to see how they can improve on living. One of their projects is an "android-style" face that could represent the face of the house showing and telling all sorts of useful things about what is going on. You can find the "Giving the house a face" page here, and the Aware House website here.

Re:Why (I think) laptops aren't as well-covered by philologist · 2002-04-23 07:22 · Score: 1 · on Comparative Laptop Reviews?

Hmm. I got a 3-year next-business-day warranty on my Inspiron 8000 and have so far replaced a DVD-ROM drive and aa touchpad with no flak apart from some monkey telling me to uninstall GNU/Linux and run their DOS-based diagnostics from factory installed Windows ME. I don't need a piece of software to tell me I'm having an intermittent problem with their touchpad. And I certainly don't need someone telling me to uninstall my OS to solve a hardware defect.

With Dell, call to get fast results.

Comparative Distro Reviews for the I-8000:

RedHat
Debian (good for post-install tweaks)
SuSE

Re:I can't tell you how cool this guy is by Anonymous Coward · 2002-04-23 07:19 · Score: 0 · on Charmed Announces Crusoe-based Linux Wearable

This is Steve Mann. This is Thad Starner. These are the people at Charmed. Steve Mann is not among them.

Re:Availability of help by vivianeq · 2002-04-18 13:57 · Score: 1 · on Georgia Tech Cracks Down on Learning

Thats bull. There are still postings on the newsgroups until 5am. Also, if you wait til 5am and don't know exactly what you are doing, you are a fool to have procrastinated.

What more do you need when they give you: (1) Lecture notes with code examples in it (2) Approved resources such as the text book (3) TAs who often put in as many as 20 hours per week of office hours (4) Program info files that often walk you through the whole thing. (5) Newgroups to discuss the problems on

The truth is that every one who goes to GT takes the first CS class, like it or not. It used to be that CS majors and everyone else took the same first CS class (this is not the case anymore as of this semester). So we had whole dorms of freshman dorms all taking the same classes pretty much: calculus, CS, and english. Many have no initial skills in CS, possibly no desire to take CS, and many struggle. But the fact that whole halls (very often) calaborate is unacceptable.

People do cheat in the first two CS classes - all the time. I want them to be caught before I end up doing a group project with them in my group.

Also, getting caught for academic dishonesty isn't the end of the world. My close friend got caught for decompiling tetris so he could look at it for help in writing his own. He ended up getting an F in the class and had to do some community service hours. It did not ruin his life. He just had to take it again.

Honor policy from last semester

C99 by The+Bungi · 2002-04-18 04:24 · Score: 1 · on Interview With Herb Sutter

It's interesting (and I guess troubling?) that Herb didn't talk about C99 ( everyone ready for C99?) in the context of VC++'s future.

Microsoft definitely needs to boldly go where C++0x goes, which will be in part derived from C99. C99 is cool. Can you say "complex"? Yeah =)

I just hope VC++'s next compiler is the last one that is not compliant... it's too freaking painful sometimes.

Ga Tech an Excellent School. Shame on Slashdot. by Chris-S · 2002-04-17 17:27 · Score: 1 · on Georgia Tech Cracks Down on Learning

The comments on this post contain a great deal of emotional ranting based on similarly emotional ranting contained a poorly researched, irresponsible article written by an incompetent journalist. For all the talk about rigid bureaucracies and the gratuitous references to Orwell's "1984", many people in this discussion are trusting this half-baked article as absolute truth. chrisd, shame on you for helping to impugn the reputation of one of the best schools in the country. If you have any character at all you will research the facts for yourself and post a retraction of your absurd suggestion that high school seniors evaluating their college choices should stay away from Ga Tech.

At the heart of this issue is a student who struggled through a tough course, possiblby cheated and got caught, and whined about it. The journalist who gave this whining a public outlet is irresponsible and immature. There was a similar article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution a while back, but shoddy journalism is nothing new for the AJC. I was surprised to see a supposedly reputable newspaper run the story. My guess is that the journalist who wrote the Post story had a bad experience with cheating when he was a student and is simply using this case to vent his own frustrations. He certainly doesn't have all the facts. Ga Tech is an excellent school with high standards and a student body taken from the brightest high school graduates in the country. In this environment many high achieving students are somewhat dismayed at the difficulty after having a relatively easy time in high school. This was my experience at the Air Force Academy, and Ga Tech is a similar caliber school with similar caliber students. This student simply needs to learn that he won't always get As, especially at this level.

Having said this, I must admit that the CS1 course at Ga Tech is experiencing growing pains. The College of Computing (CoC) at Ga Tech recently revised the course and students and faculty alike are adjusting to the new material. However, it is important to consider the fact that the CoC revised the course after conducting research in CS education. The CoC is trying to make its CS curriculum as good as it can be. The execution of the change has been rocky, but the underlying reasons for it are sound. Note also that the CoC is well aware of the problems with the new course and started actively working to improve it long before any blow hard journalists blew the rather typical stories of college students out of proportion in order to create fodder for their columns.

Now, for anyone considering applying to Ga Tech , let's inject a little reality into this discussion. Ga Tech is the number 4 engineering school in the country behind M.I.T., Stanford, and Berkeley. Computer Science is ranked 12th, but the ranking is based on reputation, which always lags actual performance. By my own observations I would place Ga Tech's computer science program in the top ten, and Ga Tech is definitely headed there. Ga Tech is a very competitive school and is constantly growing and improving. Tech is so serious about making its computer science program a national powerhouse that it has its own college within the university, not just a department of another college as in most universities. I could go on extolling the many virtues of Ga Tech, but the bottom line is that it's an excellent school and should be on your short list if you want to attend one of the nation's top institutions.