Wasn't something like this developed a long time ago by UW (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor/
Here is an except from their page.
What is Condor?
Condor is a software system that runs on a cluster of workstations to harness wasted CPU cycles. A Condor pool consists of any number of machines, of possibly different architectures and operating systems, that are connected by a network. To monitor the status of the individual computers in the cluster, certain Condor programs called the Condor "daemons" must run all the time. One daemon is called the "master". Its only job is to make sure that the rest of the Condor daemons are running. If any daemon dies, the master restarts it. If a daemon continues to die, the master sends mail to a Condor administrator and stops trying to start it. Two other daemons run on every machine in the pool, the "startd" and the "schedd". The schedd keeps track of all the jobs that have been submitted on a given machine. The startd monitors information about the machine that is used to decide if it is available to run a Condor job, such as keyboard and mouse activity, and the load on the CPU. Since Condor only uses idle machines to compute jobs, the startd also notices when a user returns to a machine that is currently running and removes the job.
I remember when the SLS distro was the only one and you had to download it from either tsx-11.mit.edu or sunsite.unc.edu. 5.25 inch boot disks.... yea those were the days.
I'm with you. I'm the first generation programmer in my family but I fit most of these characteristics. I'll be teaching my kids that too question anything they don't find right including authority and if they get in trouble for it I'll stand behind them 100%. My son is only two but he already knows how to use a mouse better than a lot of my family and knows how to put cds in and such. Does this mean he will become a murderer?
If I ever find out that this sort of profiling is done to my children, it won't be my kids they have to be concerned about, it will be the big fat lawsuit coming their way.
The problem with the school system is there is no outlet for these children. Jocks get their football fields, pep rallies, and can get away with just about anything while the above average intelligent kid gets profiled. Instead of spending money for new lights for the football field maybe funnel a little money to the academic programs that these kids might join.
And make it so teachers can't coach and make all extra curricular activities city/town related instaed of school related... this would definitely cut down on favoritism.
Lets get start profiling people based on whether they are left, right or both handed. I'm willing to bet that there are more right handed psychopaths so lets start by targeting them.
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Wasn't something like this developed a long time ago by UW (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor/
Here is an except from their page.
What is Condor?
Condor is a software system that runs on a cluster of workstations to harness wasted CPU cycles. A Condor pool consists of any number of machines, of possibly different architectures and operating systems, that are connected by a network. To monitor the status of the individual computers in the cluster, certain Condor programs called the Condor "daemons" must run all the time. One daemon is called the "master". Its only job is to make sure that the rest of the Condor daemons are running. If any daemon dies, the master restarts it. If a daemon continues to die, the master sends mail to a Condor administrator and stops trying to start it. Two other daemons run on every machine in the pool, the "startd" and the "schedd". The schedd keeps track of all the jobs that have been submitted on a given machine. The startd monitors information about the machine that is used to decide if it is available to run a Condor job, such as keyboard and mouse activity, and the load on the CPU. Since Condor only uses idle machines to compute jobs, the startd also notices when a user returns to a machine that is currently running and removes the job.
Sounds quite similar.
Wasn't slackware derived from the old SLS distro?
I remember when the SLS distro was the only one and you had to download it from either tsx-11.mit.edu or sunsite.unc.edu. 5.25 inch boot disks.... yea those were the days.
I'm with you. I'm the first generation programmer in my family but I fit most of these characteristics. I'll be teaching my kids that too question anything they don't find right including authority and if they get in trouble for it I'll stand behind them 100%. My son is only two but he already knows how to use a mouse better than a lot of my family and knows how to put cds in and such. Does this mean he will become a murderer?
If I ever find out that this sort of profiling is done to my children, it won't be my kids they have to be concerned about, it will be the big fat lawsuit coming their way.
The problem with the school system is there is no outlet for these children. Jocks get their football fields, pep rallies, and can get away with just about anything while the above average intelligent kid gets profiled. Instead of spending money for new lights for the football field maybe funnel a little money to the academic programs that these kids might join.
And make it so teachers can't coach and make all extra curricular activities city/town related instaed of school related... this would definitely cut down on favoritism.
Lets get start profiling people based on whether they are left, right or both handed. I'm willing to bet that there are more right handed psychopaths so lets start by targeting them.