BEEP beep!
Ben Black pointed out another interesting paper, On the Design of Application Protocols, describes the reasoning behind BEEP.
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April 14, 2004
April 12, 2004
Adaptive distributed systems messaging
Cornell research into Spinglass, a set of "Adaptive Probabilistic Tools for Advanced Networks" looks very interesting. Particularly appealing since I've also thought about applying probability to solve problems that typically have required someone (engineer, admin, etc) to tune a system (one idea I never completed researching was applying the probability of a service request happening for some event to predictively pre-fetch data).
April 11, 2004
Mobile traveler...laptop required
Looks like the best laptop out there currently for heavy duty use on the road is IBM's ThinkPad T41p (Val swears by his T40). Especially if you are travelling internationally it makes sense to use a brand where finding replacement parts is much more likely. Plus, finding upgrades down the road is likely easier. Likewise the PowerBook makes a great choice, though I prefer the ThinkPad.
Numerous reviews exist on IBM's T41p including using w/ Debian.
The T41p has been out since November 2003 and I'm waiting to see if they release the next product iteration this year. IBM had a deal on the T40/41 series w/ free additional 512MB of memory if purchased by 4/16/04.
Currently the T41p w/ Pentium M 1.7GHz, 1GB of DDR PC2700 memory, 14.1 inch SXGA+ (1400x1050), CD-RW/DVD-ROM, 802.11a/b/g, Gigabit Ethernet, 2 32-bit PCMCIA slots and 60GB EIDE 7200rpm for $2,899.00. Quite pricey.
IBM apparently also optionally provides a "three-year International Warranty".
April 05, 2004
PGP
Finally created a few PGP keys for signing and encrypting documents after a few failed attempts at using the SquirrelMail plug-in.
Useful links:
OpenSkills: PGP Key Creation
Keysigning HOWTO
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