The talk was by Dr. Yale N. Patt, and was very interesting. It was about the future of microprocessors. I recorded the talk with my iPod, I'll be uploading it to my school account in case anyone is interested in hearing a computer design veteran talk about the current state of the art and where he thinks we should go from here.
Dr. Patt on quantum computing:
"I'm not suggesting that we should not do quantum computing, but it's not exactly mainstream. And it may be that I'm just too stupid to understand it, but I've got a bit, and it's a zero when I want it to be a zero and it's a one when I want it to be a one and when I open it and look at it I can't see it because the cat died."
Here we are, entirely unedited and of uneven volume:
Yale Patt - The Future of Microprocessors - Rutgers 2006-03-31.mp3 (32MB MP3)
edited 8:09 PM EST March 31, 2006
Hard drives don't get scratched as easily and it's easier to access straight off the hard disk.
and fucking hell, I had to log out and log in AGAIN.
1) He never tested his code (it would have been immediately obvious had be done the most cursory of tests)
or
2) He's testing his students... (not sure if I should give him that much credit)
but in any case
3) no one else must have worked on the program in the week it's been assigned, or this would have come up in class
On another note the default zonealarm configuration assumes your not running a private network, and thus blocks the ports required for pinging and file sharing.
Yay, ive got 3 assignments due next week, so i'd better start some of them now. C, Java and Database.
I hope one of the TAs wrote this part of the code, I'd hate to think I'm being taught by someone so careless.
(Mr. Text sez Densetsu no Stafy)
Too bad I can't rip this one because it's not a GBA game :(
Speaking of which, I'm going to be reripping the GBA series over the next few weeks. I think that a great game series doesn't deserve an automated rip :(
edited 11:55 PM EDT April 2, 2006
Frank Vastono from Merck will give a guest lecture in class on Monday, April 3. The lecture is titled "The Changing Face of IT"
Meh, wasn't too good.
This guy was largely responible for Merck offshoring it's IT workforce. Got a lot of terms like "low cost geography".
edited 12:18 PM EDT April 3, 2006