New gaming system on its way from Newegg:
Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Case
Dell 2408WFP 24″ Monitor
GIGABYTE GA-P55-UD4P Intel P55 ATX Intel Motherboard
BFG Tech GeForce GTX295 1792MB 896-bit GDDR3 PCI-E2 x16 Video Card
CORSAIR CMPSU-850TX 850W Power Supply
Intel Core i5 750 Lynnfield 2.66GHz Quad-Core Processor
G.SKILL 4GB DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 Dual Channel Memory
Western Digital [...]
I’ve accomplished a fair number of items this week, and so I bring them here to you.
Our team for CSCD340 (Operating Systems) has finished our memory paging simulator (written in Python), and we are now in the process of running 6 tests on it. The tests include simulating the following:
Consecutive data, worst efficiency algorithm
Consecutive data, [...]
It’s been a little while since I last wrote a post of substance; that is to say one that was more than just brief tidbits or musings. I’ll bring all 2 of you that read this blog up to speed.
I’ve been doing a lot of reading lately, which has a lot to do with this [...]
“The term “byte” comes from “bite,” as in the smallest amount of data a computer could “bite” at once. The spelling change not only reduced the chance of a “bite” being mistaken for a “bit,” but also was consistent with the penchant of early computer scientists to make up words and change spellings. A byte [...]
I recently reflected several differences in my knowledge:
My desire to know everything about computers, networks, and security, and what I actually know
In that context, what X is needed to know before learning Y
I want to know all there is to know in these areas, and in thinking about this desire, I realize that there are [...]
Hear this and hear it well: Don’t believe anyone who tells you that the Broadcom 4328 isn’t supported by drivers, or doesn’t work, in Ubuntu (or most other distro’s). A lot of the newer macbook pro’s are shipping with Broadcom wireless cards instead of Atheros, and many forums are ripe with people claiming that the [...]
So for the past several days, off and on, I’ve been trying to get packet injection working with my Linksys Wireless PCI card, so that I could use it with airodump/aireplay (for aircrack to use). The box is running Ubuntu 8, and the default driver didn’t seem to cooperate much with injection (or so I [...]
The summer has been good so far, and one side effect (I still can’t decide whether it is good or bad) is a shift in my sleep schedule. Right now it’s an abnormality if I don’t see the sun rise before I go to sleep. I’ve been eating and breathing both PHP and Ruby the [...]
In a chain reaction of terrible phones, I’ve finally ended up with a Samsung Sync (A707). I was in complete disappointment with both the Motorola RAZR and the LG ME591/CE500, but the latest phone is refreshingly good. The large, crisp display is by far the most attractive feature, which I was not expecting. Perhaps even [...]