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I2P dev meeting, February 2, 2016 @ 20:00 UTC
Quick recap
- Present:
allyourbase, anonimal, C0B4, cacapo, comraden1, eche|on, EinMByte, hottuna, Hummingbird, Irc2PGuest39432, Irc2PGuest76545, Irc2PGuest95462, IrcI2Pd743, JIa3apb_KaraHoBu4, lazygravy, nda, orignal, psi, sadie_i21, str4d, supervillain, The_Tin_Hat, trolly, xcps, Yankee, z3r0fox, zab__, zzz
Filazalazana feno momban'ny IRC
20:00:00 <zzz> Agenda http://zzz.i2p/topics/2014
20:00:00 <zzz> 0) Hi
20:00:00 <zzz> 1) Review of assigned tasks from Dec. 30 meeting - http://zzz.i2p/topics/2016 (zzz)
20:00:00 <zzz> 2) Other CCC followup - http://zzz.i2p/topics/2019 (zzz)
20:00:00 <zzz> 3) Project meeting plan for 2016 (zzz, Sadie)
20:00:00 <zzz> 4) GMP 6 readiness for merging - http://zzz.i2p/topics/1960 (tuna)
20:00:00 <zzz> 5) http://secure.tinhat.i2p console home page request - http://zzz.i2p/topics/236?page=3#p10884 (david)
20:00:00 <zzz> 6) Proposal for Code of Conduct - http://zzz.i2p/topics/2015 (Sadie)
20:00:02 <lazygravy> There is a link to it in the ccc blog post
20:00:05 <zzz> 0) Hi
20:00:09 <zzz> hi
20:00:19 <EinMByte> hi
20:00:21 <psi> hi
20:00:25 <lazygravy> Hello
20:00:32 <cacapo> hi
20:00:33 <sadie_i21> hi
20:00:37 <zzz> 1) Review of assigned tasks from Dec. 30 meeting - http://zzz.i2p/topics/2016 (zzz)
20:00:44 <Irc2PGuest76545> Hey
20:00:48 <zzz> ok, let's quickly go through the open items only
20:00:49 <anonimal> Hi
20:00:50 <Hummingbird> hi
20:00:55 <z3r0fox> Hi
20:01:03 <zzz> gravy to post one on encrypted leasesets by Jan. 27
20:01:11 <zzz> lazygravy, what's the status?
20:01:34 <orignal> hi
20:01:37 <lazygravy> zzz: very late on that. But it is "started". I still plan on writing it
20:01:38 <zab__> hi
20:01:44 <trolly> hi
20:01:50 <lazygravy> Might change the topic , but my point stands
20:01:51 <zzz> lazygravy, what's the new target date?
20:02:27 <Irc2PGuest39432> oops
20:02:28 <Irc2PGuest39432> hi
20:02:37 <lazygravy> zzz: president's day weekend?
20:02:52 <zzz> got a date for that?
20:03:10 <lazygravy> 15 Feb
20:03:14 <zzz> ok thanks
20:03:17 <zzz> Sadie to work with J to get his blog post up
20:03:32 <zzz> sadie_i21,status?
20:03:42 <sadie_i21> mid feb
20:03:55 <supervillain> vodka anyone?
20:04:02 <zzz> Sadie to contact backup to discuss reseed campaign
20:04:05 <zzz> sadie_i21,status?
20:04:12 <Irc2PGuest76545> hi
20:04:27 <sadie_i21> not yet
20:04:39 <zzz> new due date please?
20:06:09 <zzz> ok, we'll move on, sadie please let me know
20:06:10 <sadie_i21> mid feb for this too
20:06:10 <Irc2PGuest95462> hi
20:06:13 <zzz> Strengthinging the network - home page and additional pages
20:06:13 <zzz> ** str4d, gravy, cacapo: Add use cases, what are we best at, more "passion" and "fat", add / highlight Bote, by end of January
20:06:17 <zzz> ok thx sadie
20:06:31 <zzz> str4d, lazygravy, cacapo, status?
20:07:08 <cacapo> we're working on it but need feedback from community i think
20:07:16 <str4d> hi
20:07:16 <lazygravy> cacapo++
20:07:22 <Irc2PGuest76545> hallo
20:07:40 <zzz> new due date please?
20:08:42 <cacapo> also I don't think we're clear on the end purpose. Is it for a blog post?
20:08:50 <hottuna> cacapo: if you need me to read through it again, please ping me
20:08:50 <cacapo> march 1st
20:09:07 <EinMByte> please also try to target researchers, not just end-users
20:09:07 <str4d> The scope AFAICT is to alter the homepage and the "supported applications" page, no?
20:09:18 <zzz> iirc the intention was to enhance the home page and possibly add additional pages. Not a blog post
20:09:33 <zzz> sadie_i21, could you elaborate please?
20:09:34 <EinMByte> Ok, nvm in that case
20:09:38 <str4d> Right
20:09:47 <cacapo> so it's the supo
20:09:59 <cacapo> supported applications page then?
20:10:26 <zzz> iirc the priority was the home page. If it spilled over to other pages (new or not), that's ok too
20:10:55 <cacapo> also: do we talk about torrents for PR?
20:11:06 <zzz> unless sadie has something to add, let's move on
20:11:22 <zzz> we can discuss torrents or not outside the meeting
20:11:37 <sadie_i21> nope
20:11:38 <str4d> sadie_i21, the Simply Secure design thoughts are probably relevant here too.
20:11:39 <str4d> If they have any immediate thoughts regarding the homepage, that will affect how the use cases stuff is written up and presented/
20:12:00 <zzz> comraden to edit / polish / enhance / post the "i2p story" by end of February
20:12:06 <sadie_i21> sorry zzz, on a call...
20:12:09 <zzz> comraden1, you on track for that?
20:12:13 <str4d> cacapo, I say yes, highlighting benefits of torrents (e.g. downloading new versions of Tails!)
20:12:17 <psi> sadie_i21: do you have the firstname.lastname@example.com spam firehose forwarding at your email yet?
20:12:42 <zzz> psi, please take that offline with sadie
20:12:45 <sadie_i21> no, not yet
20:12:50 <psi> kk
20:13:09 <zzz> ok, we will assume comraden1 is on track
20:13:17 <zzz> broader roadmap and priority setting processes are TBD, but should come out of the evolving project meetings
20:13:26 <comraden1> zzz: haven't read the post you put up yet, as I mentioned to you earlier I had an emergency I had to attend to
20:13:50 <zzz> that item is mine and sadie's, let's defer that to item 3)
20:13:52 <comraden1> I will be looking at the history sometime this week and will reach back out with corrections to you & lance
20:14:05 <zzz> comraden1, are you on track for end february?
20:14:26 <str4d> zzz, the draft is certainly interesting :)
20:14:31 <str4d> cacapo, regarding how it appears on the website, I think it would work well having it interspersed with year headers (breaking it into "chapters" as it were). Also would mean we could navigate through it by year.
20:14:34 <comraden1> zzz: so far, yes :)
20:14:45 <zzz> sadie to review, make recommendations or possibly start managing tickets (by when?)
20:14:55 <zzz> sadie_i21, status? due date?
20:15:55 <zzz> ok we'll assume she's still on a call, please get back to us
20:16:05 <zzz> 4) Android -
20:16:05 <zzz> kinda like 1) in that it's code and tied to the java router, but like 3) in that it's ad hoc or a one-man show by str4d, and he's behind.
20:16:13 <str4d> DM from @YrB1rd: "There. Are. So. Many."
20:16:24 <str4d> (a few days ago, but you get the idea ;P)
20:16:57 <zzz> this wasn't really a todo item, but str4d you have any proposal on how to manage android development, or can we give you and/or sadie a more specific assignment on this?
20:17:09 <str4d> Yah, basically everything that had me as a primary dependency was completely shot for the last 4-5 months.
20:17:36 <zzz> can you give us a target for a 0.9.24 release, and perhaps another target to come up with a plan on how to manage android better?
20:17:39 <str4d> Because I've been writing my PhD thesis.
20:18:08 <str4d> Targeting submission at the end of this week, so that will be out of the way, but I will also be taking on paid work after then.
20:18:23 <zzz> feb. 5, great
20:18:33 <str4d> 0.9.24: going to aim for this weekend.
20:18:38 <sadie_i21> zzz - can we circle back to ticket question - I am only half here rn
20:18:56 <zzz> circle back now or circle back later?
20:19:16 <sadie_i21> later
20:19:22 <str4d> Beyond that: what I need is a better roadmap, so I can do slow targeted development instead of "oh, another I2P release is coming up, I need to clear some Android work so I can do a release".
20:19:23 <zzz> ok, end weekend is feb. 7 for 0.9.24
20:19:48 <zzz> ok str4d, due date when you'll have a roadmap?
20:20:42 <zzz> anything else on item 1) ?
20:20:50 <str4d> I have a bunch of to-do items locally, in-repo and in-Trac. What I need is more eyes on planning.
20:21:30 <zzz> so you can't even give us a date, that's a bad sign. Can you throw up a draft roadmap out of your todo list?
20:21:34 <str4d> zzz, I'd say March 6, I can draft something up earlier but I expect we will end up doing roadmapping on that along with everything else while I'm over.
20:21:40 <zzz> ok, march 6
20:21:44 <zzz> last call for 1)
20:21:57 <zzz> 2) Other CCC followup - http://zzz.i2p/topics/2019 (zzz)
20:22:13 <zzz> I put 2) in here just as a placeholder in case there were other important followups
20:22:18 <str4d> I'll target Feb 26 for collating all the todo items and possibly drafting a roadmap.
20:22:26 <zzz> I've been corresponding with Phillip Winter about Sybil
20:22:39 <zzz> anybody else have interesting followups to report?
20:23:02 <eche|on> nothing from my side
20:23:25 <zzz> ok, I encourage you all to send some emails out or do the research you wanted to do, it's not too late
20:23:26 <anonimal> Were we going to cover VRP this meeting?
20:23:26 <eche|on> finances will be updated this weekend IMHO
20:23:44 <zzz> VRP is not on the agenda, if we have time we can add it as 7)
20:23:49 <zzz> last call for 2)
20:23:58 <JIa3apb_KaraHoBu4> Dear zzz ! I am very grateful to you for the creation of this network because I have met wonderful people here and find rare content, for which our country is suspended for the genitals an apple tree. Long old are you!
20:23:58 <C0B4> I'm sorry, who checked the safety 0.9.24
20:24:11 <str4d> I have a few people I need to follow up with from RWC
20:24:13 <str4d> (shoehorning that into 2))
20:24:31 <zzz> 3) Project meeting plan for 2016 (zzz, Sadie)
20:24:44 <lazygravy> While shoehorning, I need to talk to you about i2spy str4d. But that is for later/offline
20:24:57 <zzz> ok, just a brief item. We decided at the Dec. 30 meeting to get more serious about project management
20:25:03 <zzz> to hold monthly meetings
20:25:14 <zzz> and to have somebody act as a project manager
20:25:37 <zzz> so this is the first monthly meeting, and they will be the first tuesday of every month at 8 PM UTC
20:25:56 <zzz> except for next month, which will be on Thurs. Mar. 7
20:26:26 <zzz> the goal is for me to run these meetings for a little while, but after a few, to turn them over to Sadie and have her be our project manager
20:26:34 <zzz> sound good? any comments?
20:26:39 <lazygravy> Seems reasonable. Hopefully it will keep us all accountable.
20:26:59 <comraden1> La
20:27:03 <comraden1> lazygravy++
20:27:04 <anonimal> Will sadie_i21 be on IRC more often?
20:27:15 <xcps> C0B4, good point!
20:27:15 <lazygravy> anonimal++
20:27:22 <sadie_i21> okee dokee
20:27:33 <str4d> Sounds good to me
20:27:42 <zzz> that's a good point, we've repeatedly encouraged sadie_i21 to be here more often, I know she was working on a 2nd computer to make it easier
20:27:48 <str4d> sadie_i21, I still have that bouncer account - sadie - if you want it
20:28:04 <zzz> i think it will be difficult to manage the project if you aren't here very often
20:28:28 <anonimal> Hi sadie_i21, we've never officially said hi.
20:28:28 <anonimal> I have PM-related questions, but I think they can wait?
20:28:30 <str4d> That would at least enable you to not miss PMs etc.
20:28:39 <zzz> sadie_i21, any progress on getting a setup so you can be here and see scrollback?
20:28:52 <sadie_i21> hi! I am trying to be here more!!
20:28:57 <anonimal> s/PM-related/Project Management-related/
20:29:06 <comraden1> str4d: talk to me on how to set that up for sadie_i21 offline? Twitter or here is fine
20:29:14 <sadie_i21> yes, zzz - all done ansset up
20:29:43 <zzz> ok, we have the general migration plan from me to sadie, lets see how it goes over the next few months
20:29:47 <eche|on> sorry to interrupt, as sadie will get manager(in), system she needs to be organized
20:30:01 <eche|on> hardware she need, sorry
20:30:20 <zzz> echelon huh?
20:30:41 <str4d> comraden1, k
20:31:00 <zzz> anything else on 3) ?
20:31:05 <comraden1> eche|on: I setup a computer for her so that might not be necessary, but that's her call of course if she wants a new piece of equipment
20:31:14 <eche|on> zzz: sorry, we talked about a pc system she needs, and she shopuld get in contact with me
20:31:23 <zzz> ok
20:31:29 <zzz> 4) GMP 6 readiness for merging - http://zzz.i2p/topics/1960 (tuna)
20:31:35 <zzz> hottuna, what's the latest?
20:31:38 <eche|on> if thats the point, IMHO it is fine, but the meeting round here can vote yes!
20:31:56 <hottuna> jcpuid for windows x86isn't working
20:32:05 <hottuna> I have two options left to test, then I'm 100% out of ideas
20:32:40 <zzz> ok. kytv did it successfully 5 years ago, if you hit the wall maybe he can help
20:32:48 <eche|on> jcpuid is c code?
20:32:58 <hottuna> ucpuid for osx has not been compiled or tested
20:32:58 <hottuna> jcpuid*
20:33:13 <hottuna> c+asm+java-bindings
20:33:13 <zzz> I'd like to have major stuff like this propped for 0.9.25 by mid-Feb, so we have about two weeks to make it happen
20:33:24 <anonimal> hottuna: I can help with that.
20:33:31 <str4d> There's also another alternative we could look int
20:33:41 <hottuna> zzz: I can't make any promises. I'm hitting a bit of a wall here
20:33:47 <hottuna> anonimal: help with osx builds?
20:33:48 <str4d> orignal raised the point a while back that our ElGamal implementation could be a lot more efficient.
20:33:52 <hottuna> or help with windows x86?
20:34:02 <hottuna> str4d: how?
20:34:04 <str4d> (currently it just does the ElG math directly)
20:34:07 <hottuna> by having it be all c?
20:34:12 <zzz> let's not get sidetracked on ElG
20:34:17 <zzz> in the meeting
20:34:25 <str4d> hottuna, using e.g. Montgomery ladder or something
20:34:30 <str4d> Still to be looked into
20:34:35 <hottuna> ok
20:34:41 <IrcI2Pd743> C0B4 for example, nobody. All people just believe a word about the safety and anonymity of the network.
20:34:53 <zzz> ok so the summary is that hottuna needs help and the clock is ticking or we will miss .25. everybody please help if he asks
20:35:00 <anonimal> hottuna: Yes. I'm always strapped with time these days + Kovri, so I'll do what I can.
20:35:08 <zzz> anything else on 4) ?
20:35:14 <anonimal> hottuna: Latest link is in the forum post?
20:35:34 <str4d> I'm useless for testing unfortunately
20:35:36 <hottuna> links for what?
20:35:40 <hottuna> for jcpuid?
20:35:47 <orignal> str4d, 100%
20:36:18 <zzz> 5) http://secure.tinhat.i2p console home page request - http://zzz.i2p/topics/236?page=3#p10884
20:36:27 <zzz> The_Tin_Hat, please tell us about your site
20:37:10 <JIa3apb_KaraHoBu4> Justification - for the weak!
20:37:16 <The_Tin_Hat> The site provides a number of practical tutorials on privacy and security, aimed at being digestible by intermediate users, including a number of tutorials on i2p and tor
20:38:03 <The_Tin_Hat> I think its relevant for people who are just getting into I2P and/or internet security and privacy
20:38:03 <zzz> I know you've been around at thethinhat.i2p for a while, what's with the relatively new secure.thetinhat.com? how long has each been around?
20:38:08 <trolly> I know thetinhat from long
20:38:18 <trolly> I translated some of those tutorials
20:38:23 <str4d> zzz, IIUC secure.thetinhat.i2p is an EdDSA key
20:38:44 <The_Tin_Hat> thetinhat.i2p still exists, but the subdomain was added when i switched servers and upgraded the key, along with longer tunnels
20:38:53 <C0B4> I'm sorry, but I wait long for an answer to the question, or you're not respond to mere mortals>>> <C0B4> I'm sorry, who checked the safety 0.9.24
20:38:53 <zzz> anybody have any questions or comments about this request?
20:38:57 <str4d> So 5a) we need to extend the subscriptions feeds to enable key upgrades
20:39:16 <zzz> C0B4, we're in the middle of a meeting, sorry
20:39:43 <zzz> str4d, we'll talk about 5a) in the roadmap meetings next month
20:39:52 <str4d> b
20:40:15 <str4d> I am +1 on adding.
20:40:47 <hottuna> +1, add it
20:40:52 <anonimal> hottuna: Yes, jcpuid.
20:40:56 <zzz> ok re: secure.thetinhat.i2p console home page request, if there are no other questions or comments, please vote +1 or -1
20:40:59 <lazygravy> +1
20:41:13 <Yankee> Hi, gays!
20:41:23 <trolly> +1
20:41:23 <cacapo> +1
20:41:51 <comraden1> +1 for adding
20:41:53 <anonimal> hottuna: Or are we working directly from mtn now? (I haven't seen anything since I last tested)
20:42:24 <zzz> anonimal, we've moved off that topic, please discuss elsewhere, thanks
20:42:32 <zzz> ok last call for 5)
20:42:37 <z3r0fox> +1
20:43:06 <zzz> hearing no objections, we'll approve the thinhat request, I'll check it in for .25
20:43:27 <zzz> 6) Proposal for Code of Conduct - http://zzz.i2p/topics/2015 (Sadie)
20:43:27 <zzz> 6a) Proposal and reasoning (Sadie)
20:43:27 <zzz> 6b) Questions for Sadie
20:43:27 <zzz> 6c) Brief comments from those who have NOT already commented on zzz.i2p
20:43:27 <zzz> 6d) Brief Comments from those who HAVE already commented on zzz.i2p
20:43:27 <zzz> 6e) Volunteers to present specific proposal at next meeting
20:43:50 <zzz> I'd like to limit this topic to about 20 minutes. We aren't going to make any final decision today
20:43:53 <zzz> 6a) Proposal and reasoning (Sadie)
20:44:01 <zzz> sadie_i21, you're up
20:45:30 <zzz> ok we lost sadie, let's move to 6b
20:45:36 <zzz> er, 6c
20:45:40 <Yankee> zzz: Edward Snowden wrote that i2p not safe
20:45:44 <zzz> 6c) Brief comments from those who have NOT already commented on zzz.i2p
20:46:09 <zzz> if you have not already added your thoughts to the zzz.i2p thread, please comment on this proposal now
20:46:13 <orignal> 6с, imho CoC is completely useless
20:46:32 <orignal> a adult person must have it in thier head
20:47:02 <orignal> rather than create policy, CoC and other HR's sh#t
20:47:29 <comraden1> zzz: I'm for a coc (had lazygravy post a link to the nsa's coc as an example). This is part of project maturity for development and to ensure that we can get more than just programmers involved with i2p
20:47:41 <orignal> do jobs instead policies
20:47:53 <eche|on> I am on the point, as is should already be acked by us all, we can also write it down and fix the unwritten rules. No change at all.
20:48:02 <anonimal> zzz: I'm *for* a CoC.
20:48:04 * orignal believes you will get less programmers
20:48:04 <zzz> anybody else who hasn't commented on the zzz.i2p thread wish to add their thoughts?
20:48:16 <zzz> please be brief with your comments
20:49:05 <orignal> being brief. We are not going to introduce any CoC for i2pd.
20:49:18 <zzz> ok. let's circle back to 6a). sadie_i21 please fill us in on your proposal, what you had in mind, and why
20:49:19 <orignal> period
20:50:15 <Yankee> anonimal: I have not seen more boring than you...
20:50:24 <EinMByte> Probably a CoC is not very important, but I'm not against.
20:50:24 <EinMByte> It's more or less a formality
20:50:40 <anonimal> One comment:
20:50:43 <anonimal> CoC's not only protect victims but also protect offenders from making stupid decisions that have longterm consequences such as career or personal.
20:50:43 <anonimal> I can comment more in the thread. EOT.
20:50:56 <zzz> ok, 6d) let's throw it open for other comments, even if you have already commented in the zzz.i2p thread
20:51:18 <zzz> anybody feel that they weren't clear in the thread or wish to add more thoughts?
20:52:03 <sadie_i21> I was looking for feedback on the idea of having comminity standards
20:52:04 <EinMByte> anonimal: Yeah, but let's consider the fact that most offenders will be anonymous.
20:53:00 <allyourbase> What is it going to be used for? Sending to reporters? Expell project members?
20:53:02 <sadie_i21> to zzz's point, in line with the maturity of the project
20:53:08 <lazygravy> I feel similar to EinMByte. It is either useless, or good. Not some end of the world event as some have made it seem
20:53:08 <anonimal> EinMByte: So far, I've seen 50/50 on that (one anonymous, one not anonymous) but I see your point.
20:53:08 <lazygravy> Useless meaning a net zero, not negative
20:53:08 <C0B4> anonimal, it is a priori a criminal. Why defend him&
20:53:09 <zzz> sadie, you simply wanted general feedback on the idea of any standard or CoC at all? You haven't (yet) offered a specific example to consider
20:53:26 <comraden1> EinMByte: ideally we can start with ways to address this. I will link this again https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/SIMP/blob/master/Community_Code_of_Conduct.md as I think the guideline violations part is something we can enforce
20:53:31 <psi> A CoC is useless and a shot in the foot IMO
20:53:37 <EinMByte> anonimal: Well if you plan on offending people, it's probably wise to remain anonymous ;).
20:53:39 <psi> PR wise
20:53:39 <Yankee> zzz: I wrote that the Russian written on the client C++. It's true?
20:53:57 <zzz> Yankee, we're in the middle of a meeting, sorry
20:54:00 <sadie_i21> also, would having one help us if we were to apply for grants, etc
20:54:21 <EinMByte> sadie_i21: That might be true, good point.
20:54:33 <zab__> orly? grants are important
20:54:34 <psi> also i have been accused of spreading FUD
20:54:38 <lazygravy> Debian and thousands of other projects use one and their PR is fine. How do you contest this?
20:54:39 <sadie_i21> thanks to everyone who took the time to share ideas on the forum btw about this
20:54:50 <anonimal> Yankee: Pashol na xyi :)
20:54:53 * orignal agress with zab__
20:55:22 * orignal is for CoC after last anonimal's phrse
20:55:30 <psi> lazygravy: saddie just proposed community standards which you said never would happen
20:55:33 <comraden1> zab__: this is what sadie_i21is referring to, new stance by the NSF in America https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=137466
20:55:41 <anonimal> sadie_i21: Thanks for bringing it to our attention.
20:55:59 <str4d> sadie_i21, did you mean the community as a whole, or just the dev community?
20:56:00 <lazygravy> psi: the FUD needs to stop. Its the dev community
20:56:01 <zzz> ok, sadie_i21 would you like to come back at the next meeting with a specific proposal? or not proceed? what's the next step?
20:56:09 <Yankee> anonimal: what?
20:56:11 <psi> lazygravy: it's not fud...
20:56:24 <orignal> guys, I'm sorry do you believe swearing is aloowed here?
20:56:32 <sadie_i21> not the community as a whole - no.
20:56:44 <nda> CoC. what you will do with 'bad people' technically? (sorry for my en)
20:56:44 <IrcI2Pd743> sadie_i21, r u not a HR for a living?
20:57:06 <lazygravy> psi: it is. But this is a offline discussion.
20:57:09 * zab__ smiles
20:57:25 <zab__> Yankee: подожди, сейчас встреча
20:57:25 <nda> wrote letters to government or what?
20:57:34 <C0B4> an
20:57:45 <psi> a CoC is the wrong thing for i2p
20:57:52 <zzz> do we have any volunteers to work on a specific proposal for next month, in light of the comments here and on the zzz.i2p thread?
20:57:52 <C0B4> anonimal, ты не хотел бы извиниться за мат?
20:58:07 <orignal> zab__, один мудак позоволил себе вольность послать нах при женщинах
20:58:15 <eche|on> nda: in last line of work, exclude from our java main fork dev work for some time?
20:58:17 <IrcI2Pd743> anonimal, вот да. Мы, вообще-то, не ругаемся, сдерживаемся. А ты?
20:58:21 <zzz> guys, please stay on topic and in english, thanks
20:58:23 <sadie_i21> lets come up with a proposal for the next meeting
20:58:40 <zzz> ok, anybody volunteer to work with sadie?
20:58:44 <orignal> zzz, anonimal was firsr
20:58:53 <IrcI2Pd743> zzz, sorry, but and you developer first
20:58:56 <comraden1> zzz: I can assist whoever with links to ideas, etc. I can't commit myself to doing all the work because of my life falling apart at the moment :)
20:58:58 <orignal> he sais something very offensive for everybody
20:59:02 <IrcI2Pd743> *your
20:59:04 <nda> eche|on oh thanks for your answer
20:59:10 <zab__> I promise to read the CoC thoroughly and have an opinion
20:59:19 <anonimal> zzz sadie_i21: I would like to help.
20:59:35 <lazygravy> I do not think we have agreed on a specific text
20:59:48 <anonimal> I need to spend a little more java i2p time than a VRP and rewriting/reorganzing docs.
20:59:49 <lazygravy> (Which is super important, IMO. One could be worded horribly)
21:00:04 <zzz> ok. In summary it appears that more "team members" (either checkin privs or on our team page) are in favor than opposed, while among non-team-members, more are opposed
21:00:21 <str4d> lazygravy, yep. And I wouldn't think that specific text would even be agreed on at next meting
21:00:21 <str4d> meeting*
21:00:25 <zzz> I think both groups are important to consider, as non-team-members may become team members
21:00:39 <zab__> we would ideally come up with more than one candidate coc
21:00:41 <str4d> I think that we have a bunch of proposals, as well as several reasons for and against.
21:01:13 <zzz> As I suspect I will be the final arbiter of any code or process, I'm not at all eager to adopt anything that doesn't have broad or near-unanimous consensus
21:01:21 <str4d> A good starting point would be for some people to review the proposed options, looking at pros and cons
21:01:38 <zzz> ok, sadie sounds like your name is on the assignment to bring something back next month
21:01:44 <zzz> anything else on 6) ?
21:02:02 <sadie_i21> noted
21:02:10 <str4d> Additional research around the positive and negative impressions of "CoC"s or similar would be useful (e.g. the grants issue above, or the negative impressions that appear to be main objections)
21:02:16 <EinMByte> I can't make up my mind until I actually get to see a proposal, I think
21:02:17 <str4d> But that would be more involved
21:02:34 <nda> and with CoC you will nothing to do with 'bad people' who not from your i2p-team?
21:02:44 <zzz> last call for 6)
21:02:57 <lazygravy> str4d++
21:03:09 <str4d> nda, the CoC or whatever would only be for the I2P dev team, yes
21:03:25 * lazygravy afks, irl came up
21:03:27 <eche|on> nda: why should we? it is for our i2p-dev-team
21:03:29 <str4d> Basically, we need more data.
21:03:40 <nda> str4d ok thank you
21:03:44 <psi> (for now)
21:03:45 <comraden1> zab__: not a bad idea. It makes sense to look at what's available that we can copy from rather than roll our own
21:03:49 <zzz> ok, I declare an end to 6), thanks everybody
21:03:59 <zzz> 7) VRP anonimal go
21:04:03 <str4d> In essence, it would be an extension to the developer agreements we already have to sign.
21:04:40 <anonimal> Re: VRP: I'm awaiting respones from zzz and str4d and community.
21:04:57 <anonimal> Then I can re-write and wrap-up the ticket.
21:04:59 <nda> i thinked that this something like "Call Police this is bad man in I2P!" really sorry )
21:05:01 <comraden1> And to add to str4d's point, it would also ensure a baseline for those who didn't sign a dev agreement (like myself)
21:05:08 <str4d> anonimal, oh, have there been further updates? Sorry I missed them.
21:05:09 <zzz> i don't have the ticket number in front of me. what do you need? I know str4d met with Kate recently. str4d what's the latest?
21:05:26 <eche|on> what is VRP`
21:05:26 <eche|on> ?
21:05:36 <str4d> eche|on, Vulnerability Response Process
21:05:37 <anonimal> http://trac.i2p2.i2p/ticket/1119
21:05:37 <zzz> anonimal, you have that ticket?
21:05:39 <eche|on> ah, ok
21:05:52 <eche|on> a complicated topic
21:06:04 <zzz> i don't think we've even decided to use H1 yet, have we? But clearly they've made a big splash recently
21:06:15 <str4d> zzz, I haven't followed up with Katie yet regarding the OSS bug bounty program (thesis), but will do so this week.
21:06:38 <str4d> I certainly got a good impression from her, as well as from their response on our ticket
21:06:38 <zzz> would this be a good thing to decide on once and for all during our roadmap meetings next month?
21:06:40 <anonimal> I think that was the biggest hurdle: the H1 decision.
21:06:40 <anonimal> They commented in the ticket, made their case,
21:06:41 <anonimal> I've made my case,
21:06:43 <anonimal> kay made their case,
21:06:52 <str4d> Katie also had good comments about the process we are going through
21:07:33 <zzz> I'm not sure we'll be able to focus enough to make decisions before march. I'm a little overwhelmed though with the detail in the ticket. It may be too much. but maybe not.
21:08:02 <zzz> str4d, how and when should we tackle this?
21:08:37 <str4d> Katie liked the detail and lengths we were going to making sure we got this right, FWIW
21:08:52 <zzz> fine, but I care what you think, not katie so much :)
21:09:05 <str4d> zzz, if we did manage to get into the same bug bounty program Tor is on, I think that would probably decide it for us
21:09:09 <zzz> how and when do we get to an answer
21:09:37 <str4d> because I think we'd have a larger influx of researchers than if we just had a free page
21:09:47 <anonimal> Since this was postponed from December's meeting, I'm not exciting for another postponement
21:09:47 <anonimal> But I really am in no place to argue or make requests.
21:09:47 <anonimal> So, whatever works for everyone else.
21:09:47 <anonimal> s/exciting/excited/
21:09:55 <zzz> yeah but independent of H1, we need a process
21:10:04 <str4d> Yep
21:10:24 <zzz> so I propse we work on it during the roadmap meetings in march. OK?
21:10:31 <str4d> I will review anonimal's latest changes next week.
21:10:41 <zzz> ok, I'll do that too
21:10:49 <zzz> anything else on 7) ?
21:10:54 <str4d> By Feb 12
21:11:02 <IrcI2Pd743> anonimal, It was frustrating when you allowed yourself to swear around me.
21:11:18 <anonimal> Did my last 4 lines get through?
21:11:18 * comraden1 has to run afk
21:11:29 <zzz> anything else for the meeting?
21:11:32 <str4d> anonimal, I saw up to s/
21:11:40 <IrcI2Pd743> anonimal, I demand an apology.
21:11:42 * zzz warms up the *baffer
21:11:52 <anonimal> I'll review the meeting log, I think I missed a bunch of text.
21:11:57 <orignal> 8) anonimal's phrase
21:12:09 * zzz *bafffs* the meeting closed


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News Archives - 2000
Cass Dalglish to read from new book "Nin"
WHO: Cass Dalglish, associate professor of English, Augsburg College
WHAT: Book reading from her new fictional book, "Nin," from Spinsters Ink
WHEN and WHERE:
November 10, St. Martin's Table, 2001 Riverside Avenue, Minneapolis, 7 p.m.
November 15, Border's Uptown, Calhoun Square, 3001 Hennepin Avenue S., Minneapolis, 7:30 p.m.
November 17, Blue Moon Coffee Cafe, 3822 E. Lake St., Minneapolis, 7:30 p.m.
November 28, Ruminator Books, 1648 Grand Avenue, St. Paul, 8 p.m.
December 9, Northern Lights Books, 307 Canal Drive, Duluth, 7 p.m.
"Nin" is a mystical, mythical, magical fable set in the high-tech, modern-day world of air travel, telephones, computers and the World Wide Web. Nin Creed is a feminist poet who sets off to recover the lost writings of her mother, who died the day she was born. On the way, she encounters a legion of women writers who lived and wrote centuries ago and whose work, too, was lost to future generations of writers and readers.
The author, Cass Dalglish, is a novelist and poet who teaches creative writing and journalism at Augsburg College, where she is associate professor of English. Her first novel, "Sweetgrass," was nominated for a Minnesota Book Award. Ms. Dalglish, a native of St. Paul, now lives in Minneapolis.

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Iquique is synonymous with surfing and pretty women, haute cuisine, luxurious hotels, history and entertainment by the sea. This is why people always want to return to Iquique.
Ten years ago, Iquique became the star of a surprising economic boom. Since then the city has filled up with high-rise buildings and modern shops stocked with the products of modern living, and at much lower prices than in Santiago, the capital. From that time on, the city began to be known as the Chilean Miami.
Iquique is known for its exciting night life. No one should miss visiting parts of the city, such as Baquedano, a street lined with imposing Victorian era houses, among them the Astoreca Palace, practically unchanged from the days when Iquique was the nitrate-exporting capital of the world.
Other attractions are the Naval Museum, the Regional Museum, the Municipal Theater, and a free-trade zone called Zofri, Iquique's tax free shopping district. Besides, of course, pleasant beaches like Brava and Cavancha. The latter has good waves for surfing, thanks to its rock bottom.
Around the city there are numerous ghost towns, the abandoned nitrate mines, which can be visited on special tours.
Iquique's Attractions
La Tirana
Twenty kilometers from Pozo Almonte is La Tirana, a town that becomes the center of Chile's most extravagant festival between June 12 and June 18 to venerate the Blessed Lady, the Virgin del Carmen. The town fills up with pilgrims, and day and night the air is filled with the sounds of whistles and trumpets, as thousands of dancers fall into religious ecstasy, some wearing Lucifer masks. To one side of the church is the Museum of the Virgin of La Tirana, where visitors can didactically understand this extraordinary festival's history.
This is an oasis 114 km (70 mi) southeast of Iquique and 20 km (12.4 mi) from La Tirana. In Pica there are orchards of lemons, oranges, pomelos and mangoes, though it is most famous for its refreshing wells of mineral water. The most popular of these is called "Cocha de Pica».
Pica was founded in pre-Hispanic times and was part of the Camino de Inca (Inca Route) that was traveled by Spanish conquistador Diego de Almagro. Most of the houses date back to that era, besides, of course, the old church of San Andrés.


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The Upanishads, the commentaries in verse of the great teachers of Hinduism on the sacred texts of the Vedas, are central to the Hindu religious canon. The name Upanishad roughly translates to "sitting at the feet of the teacher." The names of 108 of the teachers are known. The first were active around 1000 B.C., and the largest number sometime around 600 B.C.


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Dr. Billy Bergin - Long Time Parker Ranch Veterinarian
Billy Bergin was born in Laupahoehoe, a remote, coastal village on Hawaii Island where his father was the plantation doctor. For a time, he was raised by a Hawaiian cowboy on a nearby ranch. And, when he grew up, Billy chose a profession that was, "right down the middle" between being a doctor and a cowboy. Billy Bergin became a veterinarian, a position for which he served at Parker Ranch for 25 years.
In this episode of Long Story Short with Leslie Wilcox, Dr. Billy Bergin shares stories from his colorful life on the ranch.


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The Kindle Experiment
One of my personal goals for the time I would spend in New Zealand was to get a novel published. I did and for the first time it was self-published. I put my Young Adult novel Heartland on Kindle for $2.99.
I believe it is well past the time where self-publishing is the same as vanity publishing, Although vanity publish is still around, many authors I admire have published on Kindle. It might not be the smartest thing to publish on a new platform while I am half the world away from home but, for me, I decided it would be part of my adventure.
I knew the story was good. It was a finalist in the 2010 Young Adult Novel Discovery sponsored by the Gotham Writers Workshop. Literary Agent Regina Brooks was very helpful and comments made by the judges zeroed in on some things I needed to change. Thanks to everyone who judged the contest.
I tried to follow the directions on direct publishing with Kindle. I did not find the exact screen to set margins and indentations so attempted to do an indentation for each paragraph by hand.
Living in a university town I thought it would be easy to find a WiFi café where I could check my work before it went into final form. No joy. The university has a wireless system, but it did not allow anything as frivolous as a Kindle download.
Christchurch lost many businesses during the earthquakes. Some have reopened but had to move. Finding out where they are now is not easy. Websites have not always been updated. Information cannot keep up with changing conditions.
In the time I had I was not able to check my work before it went up. Afterward I discovered that the local McDonald's has a WiFi café that is open 18 hours per day.
The indentations I made disappeared. And the colors of the cover I made could have been brighter, but all in all I would say it was a good experiment and I learned from it.
Preparing for my next upload, I finally discovered the page that allowed me to set margins and paragraph indentations. Tramping through the help pages so I could figure out how to check later work I planned to post, I discovered how to change work that was already posted. I was able to download, correct and re-upload the book. As far as I can tell the indentations worked this time. Having no access to outside help I've learned to do more things on my own.
And a small publisher contacted me. We are negotiating a paperback version.
My experiment was a success.


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People who achieve goals know what they want in the first place. They have a dream and they go for it. If you never craft your heart's wish in clear detail, how can you expect to get it?
A lot of us, for a variety of reasons, have lost touch with our own rhythms and wishes. "You don't always get what you want", "I want doesn't get", and similar phrases have been trotted out by us and others every time we didn't quite succeed. A lot of people, women especially, believe that putting themselves first, to find their own happiness, is incredibly selfish. Well, yes! If you won't find your happiness, who will?
Be selfish.
I'm daring you to take back your wish list! Start honouring your preferences, no matter how small they seem. Look at the words below:
Curiosity, Passion, WondeR
Do they spark ideas? Memories? Run with them. Even if they don't turn out the way you hope, you'll know what doesn't work for you. Prioritise learning yourself. Start simple by making a list of things you want to do, achieve and have in your life.
Can you excavate your core preferences?
When I was drained, totally drained, after my last contract, I thought about what I loved to do with my time. I made endless lists of everything I loved, jobs I had done, and dream roles, and tried to figure out how I was going to switch careers into something more creative. Because at my core, I am a maker. My dream jobs included working at a magazine or a book publishing house. Six months later, I am the new Publishing & Editorial Assistant at Iceberg Press, focused on The Simple Things magazine. I also started this blog, got to grips with Twitter, and did other ad hoc bits in between, but I'm pretty darn sure none of this would have happened if I hadn't consciously written it down and worked towards it. Seeing it in black and white, and working on this blog, just cemented the desire to make it real.
All you have to do at this point is clarify your wish list to yourself.
I'm not asking you to share. Don't worry about how it's going to happen right now; the gods/angels/Universe/stars have a weird way of aligning and presenting opportunities once you are clear what you want.
Sit down down tonight, sip a glass of wine, slurp a cup of tea, get out your coloured pens, and your paper, and start writing.


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Associative Property and Rounding Lesson Plan: The Deep Sea Duel Game
In this lesson plan, which is adaptable for grade 3 through 8, students use BrainPOP resources to understand and apply the associative property. Students will use an online interactive game to practice rounding strategies and adding numbers in different combinations to create a target amount.
Students will:
- Understand and apply the associative property.
- Understand and apply rounding strategies.
- Practice adding numbers in different combinations to create a target amount.
- Computers and internet access
- Standard playing cards or other numbered cards (one set for each pair of students)
- Projector and interactive whiteboard
Preparation:This lesson plan features an Illuminations game called Deep Sea Duel. Okta the Octopus plays students in a game in which the first person to choose cards with a specified sum wins. You can choose how many cards, what types of numbers, and Okta's level of strategy. Okta is a smart octopus, so you may want all students to start with only 9 cards and keep Okta's skill level set to easy!
When you show students how to play the game, point out that the target sum is in the lower left hand corner, and emphasize that ANY three cards drawn can add up to the target, so even if your initial sum goes over the target number, you can still win. For example, if the target sum is 15 and the cards you choose are 4,5,9, and 2, the game will automatically calculate that 9+4+2=15. It will discount the 5 you selected and announce that you've won the round.
Lesson Procedure:
- Build background knowledge about adding numbers and the associative property by playing the Associative Property movie on BrainPOP.
- Display the Q&A and challenge students to answer the questions about the associative property in a class discussion.
- Project the Deep Sea Duel game for the class to see. Show the initial directions screen and play several practice rounds together. Model strategies students can use to make the calculations, then invite student volunteers to take a turn.
- Pair students up and allow them to play the game together for 10-15 minutes.
- Bring the class back to a whole-group discussion and talk about the game play strategies they used. Ask questions such as: Was it smarter to focus on making your own number or to focus on blocking Okta's next move? Were there any cards which were almost always a good number to pick? Any that were usually a bad number to pick? Did the concepts of even and odd come into play? If so, how? How was understanding the associative property useful during game play? How did rounding strategies apply? How would the inclusion of a '0' card have changed the game? If you could change one element of the game to make it easier to play, what would you change? You may want to also have students reflect in writing as an assessment or for homework.
- Allow students more time to explore the game on their own or with a partner, either in school or at home.
- Challenge students to use standard playing cards or other numbered cards to create their own rules for a Deep Sea Duel-inspired game. They may wish to create combinations that add up to a number other than 9 or 16, or restructure the Deep Sea Duel game entirely. Encourage students to think of creative ways to practice and apply their math skills!
Extension Activities:More games by this developer are available on the Illuminations website.
Be sure to check out the other Math Games featured in GameUp!
BrainPOP Movies:Decimals
Associative Property
Adding and Subtracting Integers (Activity Page Answer Key)
Estimating (Activity Page Answer Key)
Rounding (Activity Page Answer Key)


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WASHINGTON, April 25, 2011--The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will treat 3,200 trees susceptible to the Asian longhorned beetle (ALB) with injections of the insecticide imidacloprid in Suffolk County, Mass.
ALB treatments will start June 1, weather permitting, within the Jamaica Plain area of the city of Boston. The treatment area represents a 1/4-mile radius around the known infested trees previously detected and removed in July 2010.
Prior to the start of control treatments, state and federal experts from the Massachusetts ALB cooperative eradication program will host two public meetings to present current plans for implementing control treatments and answer questions. The meetings will be held on the following dates and times:
Program officials will contact property owners within the designated treatment area to obtain a signed treatment release prior to the use of control treatments. Control treatments are a vital component of the area-wide eradication strategy. APHIS encourages all property owners within the treatment area to support the treatment of host trees.
The public can assist the eradication effort by allowing program officials access to their property to evaluate susceptible trees for any signs of ALB infestation and/or to treat trees that are susceptible to ALB infestation. Chemical treatments will only be applied to noninfested ALB host trees.
Control treatment applications are conducted by contracted Massachusetts licensed pesticide applicators. The licensed applicators will treat the ALB host trees using hand-held application devices, where the pesticide is injected directly into the trunk or soil at the base of the tree, allowing the imidacloprid to be dispersed through the tree's vascular system. The insecticide reaches adult ALB feeding on small twigs and leaves, and larvae feeding just beneath the bark of treated host trees.
Imidacloprid is a registered pesticide under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act. It is used in agriculture, the lawn care industry to kill lawn grubs, and in some pet treatments to kill fleas. Approved for ALB program use, the insecticide has proven to reduce beetle populations in research completed in the United States and China. It is currently used in the New York eradication program and has been used as part of ALB eradication activities in New Jersey and Illinois. APHIS oversees treatment applications and conducts environmental monitoring as part of the ALB eradication program.
ALB threatens urban and suburban trees, as well as valued forest resources, and threatens such industries as maple syrup production, hardwood lumber processing, nurseries and tourism. Control treatments are part of the ALB cooperative eradication program's effort to prevent further infestation of this invasive insect and reduce populations.
APHIS and its cooperators undertake eradication by imposing quarantines, conducting visual inspections, removing infested trees and chemically treating noninfested host trees as part of an integrated eradication strategy. The goal is to eliminate ALB before it can establish itself elsewhere.
For treatment maps, review the ALB website at www.aphis.usda.gov/plant_health/plant_pest_info/asian_lhb/ and select " ALB Program Maps."
For more information about program activities in Massachusetts, please call 1-866-702-9938. Log on to www.aphis.usda.gov or massnrc.org/pests/alb, or visit www.BeetleBusters.info for more information about ALB, including pictures and where to report a suspected beetle.
USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer and lender. To file a complaint of discrimination, write: USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-9410 or call (800) 795-3272 (voice), or (202) 720-6382 (TDD).


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SSDs that Don't Wear Out
This is a bad day for The SSD Guy. I just finished publishing an eight-part series explaining How Controllers Maximize SSD Life, then my evil twin The Memory Guy today published a post telling of a new flash design from Macronix that might just eliminate the flash wear-out mechanism!
But my concerns are inconsequential compared to the feelings of all those folks who have devoted phenomenal time and energy to develop wear management algorithms.
This all stems from an article in the IEEE Spectrum that details a flash chip design that Continue reading
How Controllers Maximize SSD Life – Internal NAND Management
Given that you have used all those other forms of improving SSD wear that we have discussed so far, but you still don't find that this is enough, what do you do next? Well a few SSD controllers go one step further and manage some of the inner workings of the NAND flash chip itself.
If that sounds like a significant undertaking to you, then you clearly understand why so very few controllers take this approach. The information used to perform this function is not generally available – it takes a special relationship with the NAND flash supplier – and you can't develop this relationship unless the NAND supplier Continue reading
How Controllers Maximize SSD Life – Feedback on Block Wear
One way that SSD controllers maximize the life of an SSD is to use feedback on the life of flash blocks to determine how wear has impacted them. Although this used to be very uncommon, it is now being incorporated into a number of controllers.
Here's what this is all about: Everybody knows that endurance specifications tell how much life there is in a block, right? For SLC it is typically 100,000 erase/write cycles, and for MLC it can be as high as 10,000 cycles (for older processes) but goes down to 5,000 or even 3,000 for newer processes. TLC endurance can be in the hundreds of cycles. Now the question is: "What happens after that?"
In most cases individual bits start to Continue reading
How Controllers Maximize SSD Life – Over Provisioning
Over provisioning is one of the most common ways that SSD designers can help assure that an SSD has a longer life than the flash's endurance rating would support. If an SSD contains more flash than is presented at its interface, the controller can manage wear across a larger number of blocks while at the same time accelerating disk performance by moving slow operations like block erases out of the way of the SSD's key functions.
Many people like to compare wear leveling to rotating a car's tires. In this vein, think of over provisioning as having a bunch of spare Continue reading
How Controllers Maximize SSD Life – Reduced Write Amplification
Write amplification plays a critical role in maximizing an SSD's usable life. The lower the write amplification, the longer the SSD will last. SSD architects pay special attention to this aspect of controller design.
Unlike the other factors described in this series this is not a technique that extends flash life beyond the 10,000 erase/write cycles that one would normally expect to result in a failure, but it is very important to SSD longevity.
Write Amplification is sufficiently complex that I won't try to define it in this post, but Continue reading
How Controllers Maximize SSD Life – Other Error Management
There are more advanced means than simple error correction to help remove bit errors in NAND flash and those will be the subject of this post. The general term for this approach is "DSP" although it seems to have very little to do with the kind of DSP algorithm used to perform filtering or build modem chips.
While ECC corrects errors without knowing how they got there, DSP helps to correct any of the more predictable errors that are caused by internal error mechanisms that are inherent to the design of the chip. A prime example of such an error would be adjacent cell disturb.
Here's a brief explanation of Continue reading
How Controllers Maximize SSD Life – Improved ECC
Error correction (ECC) can have a very big impact on the longevity of an SSD, although few understand how such a standard item can make much difference to an SSD's life. The SSD Guy will try to explain it in relatively simple terms here.
All NAND flash requires ECC to correct random bit errors ("soft" errors.) This is because the inside of a NAND chip is very noisy and the signal levels of bits passed through a NAND string are very weak. One of the ways that NAND has been able to become the cheapest of all memories is by requiring error correction external to the chip.
This same error correction also helps to correct bit errors due to wear. Wear can cause bits to become stuck in one state or the other (a "hard" error), and it can increase the frequency of soft errors.
Although it is not widely Continue reading
How Controllers Maximize SSD Life – External Data Buffering
Since NAND flash is weakened by erase/write cycles then it would make sense to try to reduce those cycles to prolong the life of an SSD right? That's what external data buffers are designed to do.
There are many ways to use RAM (either a RAM internal to the SSD controller chip or a discrete DRAM chip on the SSD's printed circuit card) to stage data in a way that will reduce erase/write cycles.
One is to perform a function called "Write Coalescing." This involves Continue reading
How Controllers Maximize SSD Life – Better Wear Leveling
In this post we will explore how the right wear leveling algorithm can help a controller maximize the life of an SSD.
Wear leveling is a fact of life with NAND flash – blocks start to suffer bit failures after a certain number of erase/write cycles (usually specified from the thousands to the hundreds of thousands) and it is only natural that software will attempt to over-write some blocks more than others. In order to prevent this from causing failures, all of today's SSD, USB flash drive, and flash card controllers incorporate some sort of wear leveling.
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How Controllers Maximize SSD Life
How do controllers maximize the life of an SSD? After all, MLC flash has a lifetime of only 10,000 erase/write cycles or fewer and that is a very small number compared to the write traffic an SSD is expected to see in a high-workload environment, especially in the enterprise. Still, MLC is becoming the norm in the enterprise.
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Public health emergency preparedness: Core competencies for EU Member States
This report seeks to identify both the strengths and the areas for improvement of public health emergency preparedness (PHEP) in the European Union Member States.
Vaccine-preventable diseases and immunisation: Core competencies
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Mounting Foreclosures Across America: Homeowners Seek Mortgage Justice
Memories and Misery in CNN Land
Atlanta: Somehow, I can't escape CNN. Last Saturday I joined Ted Turner, Wolf Blitzer and more than 300 current and former CNN employees at a celebration of the network's 30th anniversary at the National Press Club in Washington. I was there as one of the "CNN Originals," the many staffers who helped originate what was mocked as the Chicken Noodle Network in Atlanta back in June l980.
There was pride and sense of achievement in the room by those who pioneered 24 Hour Cable News on small budgets but with lots of heart, coffee and sleepless nights. Being there was often thrilling and part of my personal learning curve on how big media works, a story I tell in my book The More You Watch The Less You Know. It was an unforgettable time, and, even though, I soon moved on to ABC News, I was pleased, even honored, to be part of it.
As fate would have it, a day after that CNN celebration, I was back in Atlanta at CNN Center, actually, across the street, at the Georgia World Congress Center where another news-making network was holding forth.
Drawing tens of thousands of people trying to save their homes, the Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America (NACA) was holding its 19th SAVE THE DREAM event, this time in cooperation with the City of Atlanta.
Fox in Atlanta called it "hugely successful." CBS reported what I saw up close and personal:
'More than 25,000 people have asked for help. NACA said so far it's their biggest event. They said people were coming in from all over the country.
Judy Richmond from Lithonia has waited more than 24 hours. She said, "We knew there would be a lot of people, but we thought the process would be a lot smoother."
She said she was willing to wait for help navigating the mortgage world.
Bruce Marks, CEO of NACA, said, "When you have the opportunity to save thousands of dollars a month people are willing to do that.
He said they have a thousand volunteers working to keep things moving. He said there are also thousands working the phones.'"
In the giant hall designed for trade shows, homeowners were getting up every few minutes to report on how much they had had their payments cut. With every announcement, those who were still waiting broke into cheers. For many, those cuts represent a chance at economic survival in hard times. To them, these are real "solutions" for very stressed lives.
I found it bizarre that outside the Center, an outfit called Billboards for America was paying for a huge sign proclaiming "GOD IS NOT A SOCIALIST." Inside, the Federation of Retail Merchants was also holding a Loss Prevention Summit in response to a spike in shoplifting blamed on the lousy economy.
Unfortunately, there had been no loss prevention seminars for these homeowners who were talked into taking mortgages they couldn't afford. They were there in droves to receive free counseling and seek out mortgage modification in meetings with representatives of lenders and banks. The Bank of America, which just settled a major mortgage fraud case, was out in force reducing mortgage payments for borrowers who qualified.
Another bank, JP Morgan Chase, which has recently been targeted with protests by NACA members was not taking part. Instead, they were cynically competing with NACA by running their own home ownership event at a nearby hotel to demonstrate how responsible they are. They sent a truck with a big sign promoting their offering to drive around the Congress Center and taunt NACA which found it amusing since their event was miniscule in comparison.
NACA's issue is getting some national attention too, from of all quarters, The FBI, which is reportedly planning a national crackdown on mortgage fraud this week. The Financial Times reported, "Hundreds of people are expected to be arrested in the sweep, which will start as early as next week, The FT said, citing two people with knowledge of the operation. An F.B.I. spokesman declined to comment to the newspaper.
Charges are expected to be leveled over offenses ranging from pushing borrowers to lie about their income on mortgage applications to providing homeowners with false information about foreclosure rescue programs, the newspaper said."
The British newspaper is ahead of the US press in stating that "it was mortgage fraud that led to the expansion of the housing bubble and eventually accounted for its catastrophic burst, as loans were handed out to borrowers with unsubstantiated incomes and low credit ratings."
These homeowners wait patiently for help from a not for profit group, not their own government. The basement of the Georgia conference center is packed with victims of the financial crisis while the people who caused it operate freely from their office towers and penthouses.
They are the mortgage industry backed by their friends in the big banks who lent the money, and the Wall Street firms that securitized and resold the mortgages at inflated values with high ratings bought from rating agencies. (The "financial reformers" in Congress have just dropped new rules for these agencies from the "reform bill.") Also to blame are the insurance firms that protected the lenders against defaults in an enterprise they knew was fraudulent.
Unfortunately the FBI is not going after this triad but only the lowest level violators. There should be a RICO prosecution of the big guns in this avaricious cartel, not just the small fry and street soldiers. If there ever was a organized criminal enterprise this is it.
At least there is this force fighting for justice. Arguably it is bigger than the Tea Party and its populism is just as angry even as its been overlooked on the left. Can this anger be organized politically? There are those in NACA who are thinking about mobilizing their many members to press politicians to act and play a more political role.
If they go in that direction they will be confronting the corportate goliaths who are very angry them selves about all this anger and quite condescending. Listen to GE's CEO Jeffrey R. Immelt: "People need to tone down the rhetoric around financial services and stop the populism and be adults."
Excuse me, Mr. GE: The people here are adults with a right to be pissed off.
This is part of the story I tell in my film PLUNDER The Crime of Our Time (Plunderthecrimeofourtime.com.) Unfortunately, it's not just documenting a distant past but a still ongoing tragedy. All you have to do is look in the faces and listen to the stories of the homeowners still experiencing heartless foreclosures and you realize that the Administration, judicial, corporate and media response has been pitiful.
Kudos to NACA for leading the fight and offering practical services, and to those media outlets who are finally waking up and telling the story even though most, including CNN, don't yet see it as a crime story. Perhaps if there were A-List celebrities there, it might have been carried as a telethon.
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Politics unavoidable in court races
AUSTIN — Texas Supreme Court Justice Don Willett showcased himself as such a staunch conservative in his re-election bid that a writer in The Atlantic used him to highlight what's wrong — albeit perfectly legal — with the system of partisan judicial elections.
Willett spotlighted conservative star Attorney General Greg Abbott's description of his philosophy as "the judicial remedy to Obamacare." The justice pointed to his work as a state lawyer under Abbott to keep "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance and defend a Ten Commandment monument on the Texas Capitol grounds. He noted Focus on the Family's Dr. James Dobson's endorsement of him as the "most conservative" justice.
Willett adamantly cites his commitment to ruling strictly in accord with the constitution and law on the court, saying that "how you run should never impact how you rule." But that idea was eclipsed in the GOP primary by the message he candidly said was necessary to beat former Justice Steve Smith.
"Hate the game, don't hate the player," Willett said by email. "Our imperfect system requires judicial candidates to put on their game face, get over their delicate sensibilities, and run unabashedly the way Texas law defines them: as politicians."
Willett responded to questions by email starting in October through last week, laying out the dance for justices expected to rule impartially after emerging from campaign fights before Texans who, he said, "know far more about their American Idol judges than their Supreme Court judges."
Willett said he has forged a record as a principled, even-handed judge. But since his fate was decided in the primary, his race "was 100% about appealing to conservatives. And knowing that the GOP primary electorate would have a robust Tea Party flavor, my singular goal was to appeal to hardcore Republican voters and activists."
The partisan election system has persisted despite efforts to change it, which are sure to continue in the 2013 legislative session. Some proposals already have been filed, including measures to prohibit straight-ticket voting for judges and to require members of the state's highest courts to recuse themselves from cases if they have received political contributions from those involved, unless parties agree otherwise. More measures are likely; some have long pushed a system in which judges would be initially appointed by the governor, then face a retention election.
I asked Willett how he'd answer questions posed in The Atlantic's pre-election piece by Andrew Cohen, legal analyst for "60 Minutes," who wrote: "How would you like to be an atheist appearing before Justice Willett? ... How would you like to be a liberal? And how would you like to be a lawyer, any lawyer, citing the Affordable Care Act ... which from the day in March 2010 when it was signed by President Obama has always been the law of the land?"
Willett said, "My vote follows the law, no matter who the parties are or what they believe. If the law's on your side, I won't hesitate a nanosecond before ruling in your favor, and I don't care one whit if you sleep in on Sundays or watch MSNBC."
Texas Watch said in a study of consumer cases that Willett had ruled for consumers in just 19 percent of them. He had the lowest score among the six ranked justices, all of whom were initially appointed by Gov. Rick Perry to fill vacancies before running in their own right. The group judged all to be anti-consumer (justices have taken issue with this study). Texans for Public Justice, which tracks money in politics, has said lawyers and law firms practicing before the court are "the leading underwriters" of justices' campaigns."
Willett, who raised more than $1.7 million for his race, said he hasn't hesitated to rule against companies owned by his biggest campaign contributors, against tort-reform laws that he believed unconstitutionally stripped plaintiffs of their rights or for a person's right to present claims to a jury. He quoted a group of non-partisan appellate specialists as lauding his "no-favorites decision making."
Willett said he hasn't "cracked the code on the perfect judicial-selection system," but hopes lawmakers will propose a constitutional amendment to reform the current one.
"My hope: between now and 2018, when I must run again, Texas opts for a smarter system of picking judges," he said.
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Technically I'm waiting for the last leg of my homeward trip from Chicago. I think I tried every kind of alternative transportation I could except for buses, boats and bikes out there.
I caught a cable car to Fisherman's Wharf. Very fun.
I took an electric rail streetcar to get back from Fisherman's Wharf. It's like a bus except it's powered by the overhead electrical wires and it's on rails.
BART (light rail/subway) got me around quite a bit, and relatively inexpensive.
Some misc. Photos. I'll post lots more in the next few days.
Do Jetliners count as alternative transportation?
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Back... Kinda
Technically I'm waiting for the last leg of my homeward trip from Chicago. I think I tried every kind of alternative transportation I could except for buses, boats and bikes out there.
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BART is heavy rail ;) Muni N, L, etc.. would be considered LRT (light rail transit).
- September 19, 2008 6:08 AM
- Noah said...
Forgive me. I'm from Kansas. :P I always thought Amtrak was heavy rail, and BART is significantly lighter than Amtrak. I was also under the erroneous assumption that the "L" in Chicago's "The L" meant "Light rail" (oh yes, I was wrong. I wiki'd it)
- September 19, 2008 6:50 AM
- Apertome said...
Glad to hear you're back, or almost back. I hope you had a good trip. Cool photos so far!
- September 19, 2008 8:49 AM
Yeah, I had the same thought process until someone set me straight. I guess they just call commuter rails/Amtrak type trains...just plaid old rail?
I believe they call it the El not L. And if I'm correct about El, I believe El short for elevated...?
- September 19, 2008 4:04 PM
Haha, plaid.
- September 19, 2008 4:05 PM
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By now everyone has seen crisscrossing streaks of white clouds trailing behind jet aircraft, stretching from horizon to horizon, eventually turning the sky into a murky haze. Our innate intelligence tells us these are not mere vapor trails from jet engines, but no one yet has probed the questions: who is doing this and why. With the release of this video, all of that has changed. Here is the story of a rapidly developing industry called geo-engineering, driven by scientists, corporations, and governments intent on changing global climate, controlling the weather, and altering the chemical composition of soil and water — all supposedly for the betterment of mankind. Although officials insist that these programs are only in the discussion phase, evidence is abundant that they have been underway since about 1990 — and the effect has been devastating to crops, wildlife, and human health. We are being sprayed with toxic substances without our consent and, to add insult to injury, they are lying to us about it. Do not watch this documentary if you have high blood pressure.
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UnNews:Former Mexican president urges legalizing crime
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28 July 2011
MEXICO CITY, Mexico -- The solution to ending price gouging, murder and mass graves in Mexico would be included in legalizing crime, former President Vicente Fox told UnNews. "We can never hope to win the war on crime as long as crime is illegal!" He pointed out.
"In order to get out of this trap (legal prosecution of organized crime), I'm specifically proposing the legalization of crime," Fox said during a visit to Puerto Rico, where he was speaking at a conference for small gangsters in the township of Ciudad del absurdo.
Fox advocated decriminalizing drugs, guns, murder and rape in a 2009 interview with CNN en Espanol. Since then, he has repeatedly called on officials to rethink criminal laws. "The laws are only there to drive up the prices of everything, especially the costs of drugs, guns and murder."
In an interview that aired on CNN en Espanol Tuesday, he also said the Mexican government should "retire the police from the task of combating criminal gangs by simply legalizing crime." Fox continued, "If crime is made legal, then where is the question of war on crime?"
Current Mexican President Felipe Calderon has sent as many as 50,000 police personal to prominent criminal hot spots around Mexico to extort the drug cartels, gunrunners, and hit men. The extortion strategy is considered a pillar in Calderon's overall get-rich-quick policy. Both Calderon and Fox belong to the controversial Partido Extorsión Codiciosos party.
Fox, a former drug dealer, gunrunner, and hit man, who was the president of Mexico from 2000 to 2006, said the Mexican government should also "demand that the United States do its part to legalize crime on their side of the border. That is the only way to make the NAFTA super-highway truly viable!"
"Crime is not the problem! Law is at fault!" Fox stressed. "The United States has a huge responsibility. It's not enough that they give us (Mexico) guns, cash, and a tip, saying, 'Here's 500 dollars. Go kill some drug dealer named Pedro or Ramon. We can pay you back with cheap labor and weed,'" Fox said.
"Mexican drug cartels buy their weapons by trading hard drugs with the United States," he pointed out. "They then use the guns to slaughter people for excessive profit, and this has resulted in a crime wave unlike any crime wave ever seen since the Nixon presidency.
Fox said Mexico has fallen into a trap "between the illegal U.S. drug market and the (illicit) weapons market in Mexico and other South American countries like Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador and others."
Besides legalizing murder, guns and drugs, Fox is advocating the legalization of all crimes that could, possibly, be committed in the course of trading between governments.
Brazil's Fernando Cardoso, Colombia's Cesar Gaviria, and Mexico's Ernesto Zedillo wrote in the 2009 final report of the Latin American Commission on Drugs and Weapons Trading that "Prohibitionist policies based on the phony banning of both drugs and weapons has resulted in the disruption of drugs flowing into America as well as the free flow of war weapons into our countries." They all agreed. "But this has only caused increased prices of both products and protection. Legalizing crime would be a step in the right direction toward reducing the astronomically high prices for drugs, guns and assassination.
"Drugs are merely grass and weeds, guns are only weapons, and murder is simple death!" Fox pointed out. "These are all nearly worthless things which should never have high prices. Laws against crime cause high prices. Therefore criminal laws alone should be outlawed!"
The same conclusion was reached by the U.N.'s Global Commission on Drugs, Weapons & Murder Policy last month. The commission, comprised of former presidents (including Fox and Bill Clinton), recommended that governments experimenting with the idea of legalizing everything, including hard drugs and weapons, was a good move toward reducing violence and saving the global economy – nearly all of which is caused by the illegality of crime.
- Staff "Former Mexican president urges legalizing drugs". CNN, July 28, 2011


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Gov. Martin O'Malley announced Tuesday that Protenergy Natural Foods plans to add up to 100 new full-time jobs by April 2013 and hiring another 27 employees over the next five years as it increases production capacity to meet growing demands for its soups, broths and sauces. The company currently employees about 53 people.
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Not Shocking! Tiger HAPPIER at Home WITHOUT Elin! He's a Party Boy!
When Elin and the kids are away, Tiger plays! Seems like old times!
Tiger Woods isn't sitting home alone, crying tears of loneliness for his estranged wife Elin Nordegren, who has taken little Sam, 2, and Charlie, 1, to Sweden for several weeks. No, it appears he's having a grand time at home in his gated community in Isleworth, Florida.His house has been packed with friends and business associates, day and night and his driveway is full of cars, according to Radaronline. "This is not a man sitting around depressed about his marriage. Tiger is getting on with his life without Elin," says their source. Tiger even went golfing with his NBA buddy Michael Jordan on Apr. 20 and Apr. 21.
Why is this not surprising? Elin had barely boarded the plane to Sweden on Mon. April 19th, before he headed with friends to an Orlando restaurant/ bar, and attended a Nickelback concert. Tiger is clearly done with playing the part of shamed cheater husband who is desperate to reform and win his family back. Instead- he's going back to his old habits – going out and partying WITHOUT Elin. Hmm! Tiger – when are you fitting in your meditating and focusing on your core values?
No wonder Elin boarded a private plane and headed for her native Sweden. The blonde beauty is currently renovating her $3 million mansion that's located on an island near Stockholm — she purchased the home in December.
And no wonder Elin met with a divorce lawyer Apr. 14 for several hours and reportedly had two subsequent meetings. Divorce attorneys that Hollywoodlife.com has consulted have said that it is a good divorce negotiation strategy for Kate to be FAR away from Tiger , while lawyers hammer out an agreement, so that Tiger is less likely to try and talk to her about it directly. The pair have been barely talking anyway since Elin is reportedly so convinced that Tiger ISN'T committed to becoming a changed man.
You know what Elin, despite weeks in sex rehab it looks like you're absolutely right – as though Tiger is back to his party-boy ways!
–Bonnie Fuller


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Schindler Elevator Corp. v. US ex rel. Kirk
|Docket No.
|Op. Below
|2d Cir.
Mar 1, 2011
|May 16, 2011
Holding: A federal agency's written response to a FOIA request for records is a "report" within the meaning of the disclosure bar of the False Claims Act. (Kagan, J., recused).
Plain English Holding: A private plaintiff may not sue a government contractor under the False Claims Act (which provides a bounty for private litigants who prove fraud against the government by government contractors) based on fraud that had already been disclosed by the government in response to a request under the Freedom of Information Act, which generally requires the government to disclose documents in its possession in response to an individual's request.
Judgment: Reversed, 5-3, in an opinion by Justice Thomas on May 16, 2011. Justice Ginsburg wrote a dissenting opinion, which was joined by Justices Breyer and Sotomayor.(Kagan, J., recused).
SCOTUSblog Coverage
- This week at the Court: In Plain English (Lisa McElroy)
- Opinion analysis: Court restricts use of FOIA in FCA cases (Eric M. Fraser)
- New curb on Bivens remedy? (Lyle Denniston)
- Argument recap: Court wrestles with the definition of "report†(Eric M. Fraser)
- Argument preview: Can information from a FOIA disclosure support an individual's False Claims Act suit? (Eric M. Fraser)
Briefs and Documents
Merits Briefs
- Brief for Petitioner Schindler Elevator Corporation
- Brief for Respondent United States of America Ex Rel. Daniel Kirk
- Reply brief for Petitioner Schindler Elevator Corporation
Amicus Briefs
- Brief for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, American Hospital Association, and Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America in Support of Reversal
- Brief for the Equal Employment Advisory Council in Support of Reversal
- Brief for the United Technologies Corporation in Support of Neither Party
- Brief for the United States in Support of Respondent
- Brief for Public Citizen in Support of Respondent
- Brief for AARP in Support of Respondent


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Buffalo – rotation – shuffle
After being rained out on Thursday the Bisons have moved around the starters for tonight's matchup (5:30 pm) against Louisville. Buffalo gets the 'spot start' from Kyle Snyder in game 2 tonight as Brandon Knight is bumped to the series finale Sunday afternoon. Buffalo had an open spot in the rotation, being that Casey Fossum did not accept his assignment after begin designated by the Mets earlier this week. The series rotation will setup as follows:
FRI – Matt Maloney vs. Jon Niese; G2) Sam LeCure vs. Kyle Snyder
SAT – Homer Bailey vs. Dillon Gee
SUN – Daryl Thompson vs. Brandon Knight


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- 1 Introduction
- 2 Resources
- 3 Git Hosting
Git is a distributed Version Control System used heavily by the Linux Kernel Developer Community and many other open source projects.
See the Wikipedia entry for Git for a good description.
Git is distributed: every developer has a copy of the whole project and its history, this doubles as backup as well as makes operations super fast since you don't need to go through network.
Git is about tracking changes to a set of files in a directory tree, in a way that preserves the history of all changes in a robust way. Git is optimized for fast operation even on very large source repositories, and for distributed operations. 3 main principles of Git are:
- Git is fully distributed - every repository has the complete history (record of every change set, and the state of the full source tree for every single commit) Each repository operates in a completely local and standalone fashion. No network operations (e.g. communicating with a master server) are required in order to carry out operations.
- Git supports fast branching - Git intrinsically supports lightweight branching, which promotes speculative or experimental development. Git allows easy separation of in-progress work from production work.
- Git has powerful changeset management - Git has very flexible changeset editing and easy merging from other repositories. With Git you can go back in history and edit commits, delete them, reorder or even merge lots of commits into a single commit for publishing. You can do fine-grained changeset management (i.e. the ability to commit only a portion of the modifications in the current checked-out tree). Also, Git has strong support for tracking other repositories with the ability to merge from multiple sources easily, and to merge only some of the commits from a particular source (cherry-picking).
Web sites
- GIT project home page: http://git-scm.org/
Online books
- Pro Git Book (online, free of cost)
- This is a great book with lots of diagrams explaining how git works internally. It is highly recommended to read this when getting started with Git.
- The Git Community Book
- This is the canonical reference book for git concepts and usage.
Reference material
- Git online manpages
- Git cheat sheet
- Git Magic (very comprehensive Guide)
- Git ready - learn git one commit at a time
- Git for beginners: The definitive practical guide
Kernel development with Git
- Kernel Development with Git
- Kernel Hackers' Guide to Git
- Linux: Debugging with 'git bisect'
- Git Guide for Linux Wireless Users and Developers
- Google Tech Talk: Linus' Torvalds on Git
- This talk is a basic introduction to the motivations for git (including the history around Linus' use of bitkeeper), and mostly about what git is not (not CVS, not subversion). This talks includes discussion of aspects of git that are different from other version control systems, and why this is important. Warning: Linus has a jovial, apparently arrogant sense of humor, that some find mildly offensive.
- Pratical Guide to Using Git, a tutorial given by the very experienced kernel developer James Bottomley at the Ottawa Linux Symposium 2008
- This talk has probably the best discussion of practical use of git, and explanation of how git works internally, that I've seen. I highly recommend following along hands-on with his examples. This talk helped me understand merges much better
- Google Tech Talk: Git: a brief introduction by Randal Schwartz
- This is a very good introduction to git, giving talk that was complementary to Linus' talk about what git is and what it does at a technical level.
- Git screencast tutorial by Ralf Ebert
- This is a very good tutorial, only 18 minutes long, showing all the essential features of git.
Help for people coming from other systems
- GIT for SVN users: http://git.or.cz/course/svn.html
Git Hosting
These sites provide (free) hosting services for git-based projects:
- http://repo.or.cz/
- http://gitorious.org/
- http://github.com/
- http://codaset.com/
- http://unfuddle.com/
- http://www.codebasehq.com/
Local (elinux) Information
See Flameman/git and git usage for a Tutorial and examples
See also Tims Git Notes
Some tips and tricks
See history for a sub-portion of the source
- You can see the history of a sub-area of a project, with a command like the following:
- gitk v2.6.30.. kernel/debug
- this shows only the commits since v2.6.30 (a tag), and only for the files under kernel/debug
See graph of commits in text mode
- you can see a graph display of commits using 'git log --graph'
- to make this more readable, shorten the output with '--oneline'
- e.g. git log --graph --oneline v2.6.38.. init


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Posts Tagged 'C.S.S. Hunley'
Civil War High Tech: Excavating the Hunley and Monitor from MIT World
Always on the hunt for opportunities to inform my understanding of history, I've hit a gold mine. In addition to my fascination with the Civil War, I am equally passionate about maritime history and am a degreed engineer. Those three fields of study converge in a fascinating symposium hosted by the DeepArch Research Group in Technology, Archaeology and the Deep Sea at MIT in April 2003 which they have made available for viewing on MIT Earth (TM).
The symposium, Civil War High Tech: Excavating the Hunley and Monitor gives us an opportunity to hear from the senior archaeologist on the recovery of the C.S.S. Hunley, Maria Jacobsen. For those of you familiar with Civil War Naval history, the CSS Hunley will not be a new name. For those not, its story is nothing less than remarkable. A Confederate submarine, it was lost after driving a mine into the hull of USS Housatonic, detonating it, and sending the ship to the silty bottom of Charleston Bay in five minutes. But the Hunley was lost as well, only to be found, recovered, and excavated in the last decade or so.
I have made it through the first presentation on the Hunley (wow) and hope to watch the second half of the symposium on the Monitor. But for now, this from the MIT site:
Civil War High Tech: Excavating the Hunley and Monitor
- Moderator: Merritt Roe Smith
- Maria Jacobsen
David A. Mindell PhD '96
Brendan Foley PhD '03
About the Lecture
In the last few years, archaeologists have recovered two of the Civil War's most ingenious inventions: the Union ironclad warship Monitor and the Confederate submarine Hunley. In this symposium panelists discuss the newest technology projects that have brought these inventions to light from the sea depths, and what they can teach about technology and the Civil War.
Submarine CSS H. L. Hunley [1863-1864]
- Submarine built by Horace L Hunley
- First submarine to destroy an enemy ship
- All three crews died aboard although several from the first crew were able to escape.
- Lost off of Charleston after sinking the USS Housatonic with a spar torpedo
- Remains discovered in 1995 by NUMA
- Recovered August 8, 2000
Photo credit: Confederate Submarine H.L. Hunley (1863-1864) U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph [#NH999]
You may be interested in previous posts I've made on the Hunley. My first was the following: