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2001/1/17 [Computer/HW/Languages, Computer/SW/Languages/Perl] UID:20342 Activity:kinda low |
1/16 Has anybody written perl scripts that translate CAD related data files (all in text) from one format to another? Or know of one? I'm just looking for an example of this type of program. Thanks. \_ Which CAD software? \_ from some PC program whose name I don't remember to berkeley's MAGIC. The translation is straightforward. There's a set of keywords and numbers following keywords. I'm looking for an sample program that does something similar. \_ Magic was a piece of shit. Even with its so-called "user friendly" Tcl/Tk GUI Max it still stunk. Fortunately, in the real world, you use real CAD tools (which unfortunately Synopsis will charge you 7 digits for). |
2001/1/17-18 [Academia/GradSchool] UID:20343 Activity:nil |
1/16 Informal poll for active student only: \_ what about professional applying to grad school? Taking GRE general: . Taking CS subject: . Taking other subject: Applying grad skool: . \_ This is hte csua. most of the people here barely shed the major. |
2001/1/17 [Reference/RealEstate] UID:20344 Activity:kinda low |
1/16 Luxury apartments for rent/lease in East Bay other than The Landing, 1200 Lakeshore and Pacific Park Plaza? (Don't say Bridgecourt or Emery Bay) |
2001/1/17-18 [Computer/SW/SpamAssassin] UID:20345 Activity:nil |
1/16 There are a million anti-spam procmail filters out there. Which one have people had the most success with? |
2001/1/17 [Uncategorized] UID:20346 Activity:nil |
01/16 pburo election/gen meet 1700 1/18/01 |
2001/1/17-19 [Computer/SW/OS/FreeBSD] UID:20347 Activity:high |
01/17 Stop nuking the motd. I am looking for for any materials on OS and kernel architecture--preferably something online like course lecture notes or handouts, doesn't matter how theoretical or practical. I have a friend who's interested in Unix (and other) OS design, and am hoping one of you folks can maybe give me some pointers in this direction. -John \_ It's not online but The Design and Implementation of 4.4 BSD is supposed to be a good book. For online papers you can do searches at http://www.acm.org/dl and hunt down the actual PDF yourself. \_ Thank you! Duly passed on. -John \_ I saw this book listed as req'd for 162. Are they using BSD for projects or are they still with NachOS? \_ Was that this semester? bh taught it one semester with BSD, and the book was required then. AFAIK, they haven't done that again since. -bz \_ From everything I've heard, it's *REALLY* unlikely that they'll ever do it again... -mice \_ if they want any more current stuff, check out papers online for spin-os (u washington) and exokernel (mit). \_ For practical, there's a new Solaris Kernel Internals book out from SunSoft press that gives excellent descriptions of Solaris's VM, filesystems, etc. (Say what you want - Sun must have done something right, since even Linux has modeled parts of their kernel on Sun's work.) \_ Who is the author? \_ Mauro & McDougall \_ "Even Linux." Are you trolling? \_ No one trolls the motd. Are *you* trolling? \_ Linux's VM sucks big donkey dick \_ Well, there's a very persuasive argument. \_ Probably cuz you booted up without a filesystem. \_ It was a linux box. I didn't need a filesystem. I store my files on something stable. |
2001/1/17 [Academia/Berkeley/CSUA] UID:20348 Activity:nil |
01/16 Readable version of .official post above: Politburo Elections & CSUA General Meeting 5:00pm, Thu 01/18/01 337 Soda (the CSUA lounge) |
2001/1/17-18 [Computer/SW/Languages/Java] UID:20349 Activity:low |
1/16 Anyone have any empirical evidence on which is currently more in demand: java or c++ programmers? \_I'm dealing with that exact issue right now, and it seems that both are highly in demend (VC++ more than C++), but Java jobs pay slightly more. |
2001/1/17-19 [Uncategorized] UID:20350 Activity:nil |
1/17 To the person who inquired about sub-notebooks last month: did you ever buy one? If so, which did you get, and how is it? |
2001/1/17-19 [Computer/HW/Languages, Computer/SW] UID:20351 Activity:nil |
1/17 Another CAD tool question. I have spice files with multiple layers of circuits. I understand that spice flattens the circuits down to a single level before running it. But it doesn't produce that single layer circuit in a file. Is there a tool out there that will flatten a spice file? I want to use this one layer circuit file as input to another program, not spice. Thanks. |
2001/1/17-19 [Computer/HW/Laptop] UID:20352 Activity:moderate |
1/17 Ergonomically speaking, how far should you be from the computer/laptop monitor? \_ The fingers you have used to type are too fat. To obtain a special typing wand smash the keyboard with your palm now. \_ I've heard that 18 inches is the ideal. -mice \_ Pyea, right. I heard 8.5 inches is too much already. \_ I'm not a big believer in most of that ergonomics crap, but here's a URL that might be useful. *shrug* whatever. http://www.office-ergo.com/viewing.htm -mice \_ At that range, I'd have to turn my head to see half my screen real-estate. I'd be getting motion sickness just following the mouse-pointer around. What you using, a 10" monitor or something? Stop being such a cheapskate and buy a real monitor, punk. \_ For laptops, since the display is generally smaller and since LCDs don't emit radiation, I think you can stay closer to the display. \_ the bigger the breast the farther you need to sit to prevent from getting breast cancer. \_ At least 100 ft, then you won't be damaged by trying to stare at the screen or use the keyboard. \_ Ergonomically speaking, no one has a real clue about what the best ergonomics are. Do something comfortable and don't remain in the same position for extended periods. The rest is urban legend. |
2001/1/17-19 [Science/Electric, Science/GlobalWarming] UID:20353 Activity:kinda low |
1/17 I don't understand this whole electric deregulation thing. If consumers are suppose to have choices, how come I never got any info on changing my suppier? \_ Because you're dense as a rock - the rest of us were flooded with mail, PG&E bill inserts, & ads from alternate power companies when they first started letting people choose. \_ oh, come on, there are other explanations. the poster could be from another state where power is not deregulatesd, have graduated cal years and years ago, and live in a sealed room with no access to newspapers, internet, or phones and no mailbox. having emerged after years of hibernation, he has now read a newspaperr, and has turned to the motd for understanding. \_ Commonwealth Energy Corp, http://www.powersavers.com 1-800-electric. Supposedly it provides electricity that's both from renewable sources and cheaper than PG&E. \_ i don't think there ever were any viable energy provider alternatives \_ Of course there were.. PG&E still runs everything though. These alternate providers just buy elecricty from somewhere else or generate it themselves and feed it into the PG&E power grid. They are of course only allowed to resell as much power as they are bringing in... \_ you are only reinforcing my original statement \_ Why would they be allowed to sell more? |
2001/1/17-18 [Science/Electric, Politics/Domestic] UID:20354 Activity:high |
1/17 Rolling blackout in effect in Northern Claifornia. Please help conserve power by turning off unused monitors, computers and lights at your offices/classrooms/labs. Thanks. \_ Just go flip the switch at Yahoo. Aren't they the number one power consumer in the Bay Area? \_ Really? I'd think bigger companies like IBM use more power. Or even BART and MUNI. \_ I think MUNI generates its own power for the electric trains and busses. \_ Doubtful. Exodus is #1 in Santa Clara due to all their co-lo facilities, but only when Great America is closed for the winter. \_ pull the plug on a place like Fresno! \_ are some people really cranking it up, just to cause the blackout in hopes of getting days off? \_ pull the plug on SF. No one important would care. |
2001/1/17-19 [Politics/Foreign/Asia/Others, Finance/Investment] UID:20355 Activity:moderate |
1/17 Next dot com demise-- WebVan. News at 11. \_ tell us more... or tell http://fuckedcompany.com \_ WebVan still has over $100 million in the bank, it's not near doom yet. There are questions about its viability in the mid-term. -tom \_ Put your money down. Sell short. \_ peon investors can't short stocks trading below $5. -tom \_ peeon investors can't short stocks trading below $5. -tom \_ well, not entirely true. between $1 and $5, you just have lowered margin requirements. below $1, your statement is true. (so it's still true for WBVN) |
2001/1/17-19 [Academia/GradSchool] UID:20356 Activity:nil |
1/17 http://acm.org digital library has a lot of good articles. Where else is a good place to find similar things submitted to sigmod/sigX/ACM? \_ The ACM dl is good only if you're a member. Otherwise you need to do a second search on the university where the paper originated from. http://citeseer.nj.nec.com/cs is another good site. No membership is required. These are great for people who want to do graduate level research papers. --helloworld jeff \_ <DEAD>iel.ihs.com<DEAD> has all the ieee publications online. see if your school is a member. citeseer is great, but it only has images for a few papers. -ali |
2001/1/17-18 [Recreation/Dating] UID:20357 Activity:very high |
1/17 Lila has nice creamy warm & cushy breasts. \_ Lila is ugly. \_ but her breasts are pretty, and when it's dark it doesn't really matter who's ugly or not. \_ Her breasts are not pretty. \_ have you seen them? \_ The more relevant question when in the dark is "have you felt them?". \_ you guys are so crude. judging from the infamous amihotornot lila-holding-black-phalus photo, she is atleast not ugly. \_ Indeed. \_ URL, please \_ me too one in pants) \_ me three \_ http://www.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU/~lila/pics/selfportraits/lila10.jpg http://www.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU/~lila/pics/selfportraits/lila11.jpg \_ any breast shots? \_ Make one yourself. <DEAD>www.ragart.com<DEAD> \_ You be the judge: http://www.dis.org/seric/defcon/VIII/100.jpg (the one in black pants) \_ this seric fellow sure is hot \_ seric is not one of the people in that picture \_ not the one in my pants \_ What are her measurements? \_ 40dd \_ wow, ran out of trolls so now my breasts are a motd topic? -lila \_ Yes. |
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