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CS 371P #2

2011-09-112011-09-11 by mike

Some of these quizzes are kickin my ass. I’ve been well prepared on the readings, but frequently that’s not what we’re quizzed on. I noticed this after the first couple of quizzes and thought I was making the necessary adjustments but I keep getting bitten. A quote comes to mind “the difference between an amateur […]

Edit – Compile – Run V1

2011-09-102011-09-10 by mike

My first experience with computers and programming at UT was on the CDC (Control Data Corp) Dual Cyber System mainframe in 1981. The class was PEN 310 (I started out as a Petroleum Engineering major). Programs were written in Fortran using punch cards. You had your deck of blank cards, you’d insert them into this […]

CS 371P #1

2011-09-042011-09-04 by mike

This the first in a series of blogs, one per week for my Fall 2011 CS 371p class – for the 15 weeks. We’re to write about our experience in the class, what we like, don’t like, what we learned, anything cool or helpful etc. Two or three paragraphs per week for extra credit. No […]

Emacs cheat sheet

2011-06-152011-06-15 by mike

This is my ~/notes/emacs file, I usually have it in a buffer so I can quickly search it… debug start on osx: open -a /Applications/Emacs.app –args –debug-init save all C-x s C-f Forward one character C-n Next line C-b Back one character C-p Previous line Here are some ways to move around in larger increments: […]

The skinny on java performance

2011-05-252011-05-25 by mike

I always knew from simple observation that java apps were slower than native binaries. But I never saw anything written which admitted it. I haven’t looked in a long time till now. Here it is; From the motherland of Java; As a platform-independent environment, the Java platform can be a bit slower than native code. […]

ZZ Top is like a fine plate of BBQ, he bear down on the meat and ease off the sauce

2011-04-082011-04-08 by mike

This is a sticker that came with one of the albums in the 70s. I don’t remember which album, maybe Tres Hombres. I tossed all my old vinyl back in the 80s but I still have this sticker.

I thought that you may enjoy this little fable.

2011-03-112011-03-11 by mike

Once upon a time, in a place overrun with monkeys, a man appeared and announced to the villagers that he would buy monkeys for $10 each. The villagers, seeing that there were many monkeys around, went out to the forest, and started catching them. The man bought thousands at $10 and as supply started to […]