updated 2001-04-18.
This is a typical poorly-maintained overflow link farm. I'm just using this as my personal hot list. See what I find interesting. If I really feel motivated, some of the sections may bud off into their own pages.
Contents:
Related pages:
Off Ramp (weekly updates of Developer Network News):
Making tabs and spaces visible in Microsoft Visual Studio:
The help page claims that "Show white space. Display and hide spaces and tab marks. Hold down CTRL and press RW" "Show or hide spaces and tabs (toggle). Hold down CTRL and press RW" but that doesn't seem to do anything for me.
Eventually I discovered: Alt+e a w (Edit | Advanced | View Whitespace) which indicates the shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+8 .
Here are people that I find interesting, but they don't quite fit in any of my other subject-oriented pages.
http://www.iblowbubbles.com/ part of Operation Positive Energy People (with skip-happy Kim Corbin )a self-proclaimed superhero for social justice ... science teacher ... Captain Density ... Bubble Man ...
You had to be there to understand the humor here.
[FIXME: list songs I have strong opinions on here ? why ?]
"My place in this world"
"Learning how to love this woman: How do I love her ?"
"The smell of the color nine"
I (DAV) have recently been interested in writing haiku. I think it's mostly my interest in compression, plus Douglas Hofstadter's book about poetry and translation book.html#le_ton .
related to lossy text compression data_compression.html#lossy .
Bankrupt WorldCom resists breakup
When people see that
the big companies are worth
little or nothing
2004-01-18:DAV: Hebrews 13:16 adjusted to fit haiku form
2003-04-20:DAV: Luke 12:32 adjusted to fit haiku form
2002-04-03:DAV
2002-12-09:DAV (after hearing Emily Donagan tell about video interviews accidentally erased by airport security equipment)
Here's some high-tech haiku others have written: [FIXME: cat haiku]
Haiku for wrong page landing This page has now moved please wait until the page shifts or click on word leave :-)
Your Windows woes continue
No end in sight
Salvation comes
iMacasbestos suit is donned
cooling fans on full
I calmly wait the flames
-- http://www.cryptonomicon.com/text.htmlThe modern world's hell on haiku writers: ``Electrical generator'' is, what, eight syllables? You couldn't even fit that onto the second line!
The Web site you seek
cannot be located but
endless others exist.
How to make core bits Have less impedance with disk? The question misleads. When disks are not slow, When core is not volatile, Similarity. Iff Properties cohere, then share Representation.-- David Long Tue, 17 Mar 1998 http://www.xent.com/FoRK-archive/mar98/0276.html [fixme: maybe I need to split out a haiku section ?]
haiku ... What is this American fascination with bludgeoning a formerly elegant Japanese poetic form, suited primarily to the Japanese language, to death? Is it some sort of perverse atonement for overdecisively ending the second world war? haiku is pointless cherry blossoms fall culturally obnoxious cherry blossoms fall and fall complete waste of time cherry blossoms fall [*] [*] four obligatory seasonal references in that one. L.-- Lloyd Wood Tue, 24 Mar 1998 http://www.xent.com/FoRK-archive/mar98/0384.html
DAV really enjoyed reading this.
... It changed the world, it changed our consciousness and lives to have such fast math ... Reader! Think not that technical information ought not be called speech; think not diagrams, schematics, tables, numbers, formulae -- like the terrifying and uniquely moving, though cliche, Einstein equation ... And sometimes we write to machines to teach them how tasks are carried out: and sometimes we write to our friends to show a way tasks are carried out. We write precisely since such is our habit in talking to machines; we say exactly how to do a thing or how every detail works. ... Reader, see how yet technical communicants deserve free speech rights; see how numbers, rules, patterns, languages you don't yourself speak yet, still should in law be protected from suppression, called valuable speech! ...
Fall is in the air But alas, so is pollen I sneeze my head off.
Indian Summer! Autumnal Equinox joy! Hey leaves- come on down!
[FIXME: crosslink : compression; languages]...
Today, it is common in the West to write haiku as a three-line poem. It creates a different space from the Japanese haiku that is written in one vertical line ...
... We wish to openly welcome those poems from all over the world that possess the haiku spirit. ... We feel that in all languages, including English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Chinese, Korean, Arabic and Spanish, we can find ways to condense diction for the purpose of poetic expression. We also believe that an understanding of the value of silence will greatly contribute to the broadening of poetic space in each language. We hope that the poets of the world will share the achievements of the Japanese haiku masters with us and that they will take part in this poetic movement to resolutely pursue ways to condense their own language.
In syllabic verse, Flat, staccato sound is best -- English is not so.-- John W. Kennedy http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=6086e4e6b136aa561811a29fb1799001&threadid=160191
refers to HAIKU for PEOPLE http://www.toyomasu.com/haiku/
If computer errors were written as haikus
Three things are certain:
Death, taxes and lost data.
Guess which has occurred.
The file you need
might be very useful.
But now it is gone
Windows NT crashed.
I am the Blue Screen of Death.
No one hears your screams.
Yesterday it worked.
Today it is not working.
Windows is like that.
Chaos reigns within.
Reflect, repent, reboot.
Order shall return.
Wind catches lily,
scattering petals to the ground.
Segmentation fault.
With searching comes loss
and the presence of absence:
File not found.
The Web site you seek
cannot be located but
endless others exist.
You step in the stream,
but the water has moved on.
This page is not here.
Stay the patient course.
Of little worth is your ire.
The network is down.
You step in the stream,
but the water has moved on.
The page is not here.
No keyboard present.
Press F1 to continue.
Zen engineering.
This site has moved.
We`d tell you where, but then
we`d have to delete you.
First snow, then silence.
This thousand dollar screen dies
so beautifully.
Printer not ready.
Could be a fatal error.
Have a pen handy?
http://humor.rin.ru/cgi-bin/humor/english/show.pl?razdel=2&podrazd=&sort=id&on_page=1&start=1&page=4
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which also mentions
Short, terse, unfriendly,
Yet sometimes quite emotive;
I am the Haiku.
[FIXME: move to dav_info ?]
http://euro.net/mark-space/ failing PowerBook
http://www.jitterbug.com/brennan/ transhuman, devastating humor, somewhat cynical, a good list of "braincandy" links (including Go),
Habitat for Humanity http://www.habitat.org/
Funny and Intellectual Women on the Web http://www.amazing.com/david/women.html mirror at http://amazing.freelink.net/cgi-bin/get-category?118
Gerald Sussman's talk on Amorphous Computing (with interesting annotation feature) http://world.std.com/~wware/sussman.html
Interesting story about improving the process by eliminating computers. http://world.std.com/~fhapgood/texts/lantech.html http://world.std.com/~fhapgood/
Hal Berghel http://www.acm.org/~hlb
(?) http://www.geocities.com/Paris/8254/roman.html
virtual gifts http://members.tripod.com/~Euphoricminds/presents.html
fascinating web page Robert Finn -- Science writer and editor finn at nasw.org -- http://nasw.org/finn http://rdrop.com/~sunlab/ "Raven had no time to cry out, no time to do anything, no time at all, before he was in black. He was worse than dead. He was off-line. " -- Jason Snell jsnell at ucsd.edu http://www.etext.org/Zines/Quanta/beings.html
The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) http://www.ietf.cnri.reston.va.us/
"Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance" http://www.religioustolerance.org/
http://www.dspbios.com/ "a collection of useful software primitives that DSP developers can call upon. These primitive routines and handlers -- "managers" in DSP/BIOS-speak -- include a basic tasking system that provides a pre-emptive scheduler for real-time threaded applications ... core I/O routines for managing real-time data streams ... debugging ... "
Dr. Steve O'Neil <steveo at micromo.com> of Micro Mo Electronics, Inc. in article "Bird-Doggin' the Internet" article in _designfax_ digest 1997 Dec. "Most of the past Bird-Doggin' articles we've printed, with updated URLs and links, can be found at http://www.micromo.com/related.html/ ." National Laboratories
Ontology http://mnemosyne.itc.it:1024/ontology.html A list of projects, people, conferences and specific resources on Ontology and related fields.
U.S.Consumer Product Safety Commision (CPSC) http://www.cpsc.gov/
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 13:57:47 -0800 (PST)
From: John K Clark <johnkc at well.com>
To: extropians at lucifer.com
Subject: NEURO: Advanced Neurons?
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>ME:
>Moravec assumed 10 bits per synapse, also quite reasonable at the
>time but we now know that's way too high.
>Lee Daniel Crocker <lcrocker at calweb.com>:
>What mean "we", kemo sabe? At the present state of neuroscience, I
>wouldn't be comfortable pinning that down even to within 3-4 orders
>of magnitude.
By "we" I mean those who have read the article by Dan Madison and Erin
Schuman In the January 28 1994 issue of Science, as I've been urging all to
do for the last several years. I've talked about it about 19 dozen times so I
won't do so do it again.
>In fact, I'm not sure I'd even be comfortable quantizing at /any/
>level what is surely an analog process.
Analog processes do not exist, never have never will.
John K Clark johnkc at well.com
http://www.wiskit.com/postscript/quicktips/ PostScript Quick Tips "Magic Words" (single words recognized in a web browser) (I think I first saw this concept on http://www.wordmagic.com/accesswdp/magic.html but that is no longer online) : television geezer (snow gear) blanket thorax cyclery somewhere // cool art lego real superflash // does this count as 1 word ? tiny amused agnostic datum guru extinctions stockmaster reformed microsoft transhuman non-magic-words: propane zen
survival instinct
... >De: Ettinger <ettinger at aol.com> >Objet: Saul Kent's View >Date : jeudi 30 avril 1998 01:43 ... >7. Saul speaks of the "intense desire for survival on the part of >virtually >everyone on earth," and our "failure" in spite of this. I have often >pointed >out that the so-called "survival instinct" is reliable only in clear and > >present danger--and even then only if the individual is still relatively > >healthy and vigorous. If the danger is indirect, or remote in time, or >if the >person is weak or depressed--or even if required action would violate >established habits--forget the "survival instinct." It isn't that >simple. ... ... >Robert Ettinger >Cryonics Institute >Immortalist Society >http://www.cryonics.org > >P.S. Last week CI suspended another pet cat. That brings our pet patient > >population to 4 cats and 4 dogs. We also have 26 humans, all whole-body.
[Abraham H. Maslow's frequently-cited theory of motivation ... self-preservation]"... ... ...
... we must clear away certain fallacies widely held among "educated" laymen, ... such as the notion that the most powerful of our drives are those related to survival, food, and sex. For people to risk their lives, and to abstain from food and sex in varying degree in response to social pressure, individual idiosyncrasy, or mere habit, is more the rule than the exception. ... there is the idea among many laymen that needs and appetites are always well correlated; but P. T. Young points out that this is not so, e.g. that when a rat's diet is deficient in magnesium, it may actually develop an aversion to the needed element. ..."
comparing people who believe to others [FIXME: What's really the important thought(s) here ? Delete the rest.]
see creed.html#about
(unknown) stated: >>>>I think that "the God Hypothesis" is testable >>>>and helps explain a lot of things at least as >>>>well as any other model, and better than most. In response, (unknown) replied: >>>Well, *if* it is testable, perhaps. >>>Do you know of a technically feasible >>>way to test it? Physically, I mean, since >>>otherwise you have to show that non-physical >>>"objects" can exist first, adding a layer of >>>complexity that is otherwise unnecessary. In response, Randall replied: >To: christlib at swcp.com >Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 18:55:05 -0400 >Subject: Re: Christlib: The Elephant and the Kangaroo >From: <rrandall6 at juno.com> (Randall R Randall) ... >As I define Objective Morality as that set of >rules which are the same for all persons >(to satisfy William's razor), and which result >in the longest lifespan, and greatest >satisfaction, of those who use it. By this >definition, we should look to see if people >with belief in God tend to live longer and >see themselves as more productive than >those who believe other things. ... >rrandall6 at juno.com >Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 05:48:42 -0400 >To: christlib at swcp.com >From: Terry McIntyre >Subject: Re: Christlib: Gimme That New-Age Religion, Gimme That New Age > Religion . . . >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Sender: owner-christlib at swcp.com >Precedence: bulk >Reply-To: christlib at swcp.com >Status: U > >It's very hard to make a credible case that >some particular faith, or lack thereof, is >ungood because some adherents are ungood. > >Trouble is, they all have their oddballs. >Just in the name of equal opportunity slandering, >Christians have their Inquisition and witch trials >and the oddball who sawed his son's head off >in order to free the lad from possession, and >the seven evangelicals who held a prayer session >just before robbing a jewelry store. > >I'll even admit that atheists, the most sensible >and moral of the lot ( IMHO ), have their bad >apples. > >And every one of these belief system groups >can say "Well, example X is simply not a True >Member." > >I'd want several things before making such >a ranking of one belief system over another. >First, a reliable way to determine membership, >which does not "beg the question" - if each group >expels all sinners, they are certain to wind up >in a dead heat, as the sole Saint of each >group becomes the only eligible member. > >Second, a measure of "goodness" which is >widely applicable. Can't have, for example, >"does not drink alcohol", as we have no >grounds for presuming that this is ungood >in and of itself, even if Islam makes >such a claim. > >Third, a statistically valid sampling. > > >Terry McIntyre <terry.mcintyre at pobox.com> >Libertarians Do It With Consent! http://www.ironsoft.com/lp >To: christlib at swcp.com >Date: Wed, 29 Apr 1998 10:57:32 -0400 >Subject: Re: Christlib: The Elephant and the Kangaroo >From: rrandall6 at juno.com (Randall R Randall) ... >On Tue, 28 Apr 1998 21:12:33 -0400 "John Fast" <jfast at fastindustries.com> >writes: ... >>There are an infinite number of possible >>explanations for _anything_ -- at the very >>least, there are over a dozen different >>interpretations of Quantum Mechanics, including >>the Copenhagen, Hidden Variable, Transactional, >>Many-Worlds, Many-Minds, Quantum Logic, and >>"Shut Up And Calculate" interpretations. >> >>Similarly, there are a number of answers to the >>Big Questions, like the Meaning of Life, the >>Universe, and Everything, and the Problem of >>the Existence of Evil. How do we choose among >>competing interpretations of QM, and of Life? > >Well, I would say that we take the interpretation >with the fewest starting assumptions, and look >for a way to test the various interpretations. >Time travel, BTW, if possible, would be one way >to test the MW theory. ... >rrandall6 at juno.com >From: "John Fast" >To: <christlib at swcp.com> >Subject: Christlib: Re: Standards of Proof >Date: Sat, 2 May 1998 12:43:12 -0400 > >Chris B. McKinney wrote: >> From: Randall R Randall >>> >as extraordinary as that is not enough to at least start you on >>> yourquest, >>> >then I think your evidentiary demands are unreasonable and will always >>> >remain unfulfilled. You accept many other "theories" on scant evidence, >>> >yet seem to be demanding the kind of proof that would absolutely blow >>> >away your own will and *force* you to accept it. Be careful of the >>> >double standard trap. : ) > >Indeed. IMO, the appropriate standard to use >for evaluating hypotheses, theories, and models, >is not whether or not they're perfect, but rather >which one explains the most and/or works the >best. When we have a good theory and some >anomalous evidence, it's legitimate to dismiss >some evidence as "experimental error." (If I >boiled some water and measured the temperature >as 99.8^o C, that wouldn't invalidate contemporary >physical chemistry -- at least not until I checked >the accuracy of my thermometer, the atmospheric >pressure in the room, and the purity of the water.) > >Sometimes (the cliche' example is quantum >mechanics) we have several different models >which all seem to work equally well -- literally, >because they all accept exactly the same data >and make identical predictions. In such a >case, they are called "interpretations" rather >than "theories," and the choice of which one to >use is arbitrary. >>> >>> Well, one of the standards of science that such occurances >>> cannot (apparently) measure up to is repeatability. >> >>Here with the "repeatability" thing again. This is _A_ feature of science, >>but there are many things scientists believe or propose that are neither >>repeatable nor testable: an evolutionary change from one species to >another, >>say, or the Big Bang. >> >>BTW, many Christians are quite skeptical in regards to modern miracles; the >>RC church has a committee that rarely accepts as "miracle" as genuine; some > >Indeed; and IIRC the Catholic Church does not >demand belief in any particular miracle except >those involving Jesus. > >>groups don't even accept the possibility of modern-day miracles, saying >they >>were for "the apostolic age" or something. > > >Um, well, that would sort of include me. As a >good Anglo-Catholic, I accept the possibility of >a miracle happening at any time . . . but as a >good empiricist, I tend to be skeptical of them, >especially the ones performed by televangelists >and New Age gurus. Besides, even if I knew of >a supernatural occurrence, I would have to be >sure whether it was divine or diabolic. >> >>I think even in the Bible, certain players were skeptical: consider Gideon >>(Ok, then, if the fleece is _dry_, but all the ground is wet, I'll believe >>you...) or Thomas (I won't believe until I see and touch him for myself). >I >>don't see anything wrong with honest skepticism; but if Gideon had >persisted >>in unbelief after both of his tests were passed, or if Thomas had persisted >>in unbelief after seeing and touching, one might question whether they were >>skeptics or just running away. > >It's also possible to see something inexplicable >and simply acknowledge, "I don't understand >this, but I don't know whether it's a miracle or >not." Again, according to Hume, it depends on >whether or not the occurrence of a miracle is >more or less likely than something else, like a >hallucination, deception, or whatever. > > ><sig skeptical of running away>
no-cost 3D player
http://www.solidconcepts.com/
ACQweb
http://www.acqweb.gov/ (?)
current military acquisition policy
Commerce Business Daily
http://cbdnet.access.gpo.gov
(the public notification media by which government agencies identify proposed contract actions and contract awards).
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 00:03:05 -0600
From: Gregory Houston <vertigo at triberian.com>
Organization: TRIBE EROS
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To: extropians at extropy.org
Subject: Re: The Inner Path (Was: SOCIO: Friends)
...
Yes on the former, and on the latter, it has not been tried before in
the sense that I am seeking. It has not been attempted in the rigorous,
scientific, somewhat standardized fashion, necessary for it to be found
beneficial in our current educational settings. No one that I am aware
of has developed an evolving curriculum of emotive education that would
be suitable and beneficial in our current educational settings. This
will first require the development of basic skills and exercises for
observing and measuring emotive events. Just as in purely objective
science we require standardized methods of observation and measurement,
we will require the same in order to apply the scientific method to
emotive science. We will require the same to help objectify what is
intrinsically subjective. These rudimentry skills and exercises should
be simple enough that a kindergarten student could begin developing them
so that in each consecutive grade those skills could be built upon. And
from the get go, there should be an emphasis on how these new skills can
be applied to effectively augment the students cognitive skills.
...
What I am proposing IS something new, something
that as Greg Burch clarified so well, may only now be feasible. And that
is to introduce emotive education in a non-esoteric, non-religious,
non-mystical fashion. It is to assimilate emotive education into our
current cognitive educations. This may take some time, but it is my
intention to develop an emotive curriculum for primary and secondary
educational institutions. In the same fashion we can begin preparing for
calculus at a very early age by learning arithmatic, we can prepare for
advanced levels of emotive intelligence at a young age by learning the
fundamentals of emotive education.
...
I have only stressed the dichotomy because as I see it now, that is how
it is most often percieved. Our society has a very strong bias towards
the 'outer world'. Our primary and secondary education is almost
entirely directed towards the study of the 'outer world'. But in the end
I am pushing for a bridging of the gap between the 'inner' and 'outer
worlds' so that we can realize and effectively employ an
emotive-cognitive continuum, a continuum of consciousness. In the end it
is not so much about separation, for that is what we have now, but it is
about reconciliation, a reconciliation between the subjective and
objective, between the emotive and cognitive. I will often push for the
extreme, in which case I take a binary stance, but this is only in the
hopes that we can reach the true goal, which is a balance that we are
very certainly lacking in education as a whole. I have often found it
easier to achieve something, if I shoot for something well beyond it.
With that said, I will be more careful in the future to speak of degrees
within continuums rather than abstracted dichotomous absolutes.
...
I hope to offer a proposal which is congruous with Extropian,
Libertarian, and Transhumanistic thought. Thus the opionions, comments,
and suggestions of those on this list is greatly appreciated. Once a
tentative proposal is furnished, development can begin immiediately.
...
--
Gregory Houston
vertigo at triberian.com
816.561.1524
From: lawall at mtu.edu
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 10:04:28 -0400
To: christlib at swcp.com
Subject: Re: Christlib: utilibertarianism
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>
>Brandon: I like that quote from Albert Ellis. Who is Albert Ellis?
>Has he written anything I might be able to get from the library?
>
Check out the Albert Ellis Institute at
http://www.iret.org/
Albert Ellis is the founder of RET or Rational Emotive Therapy (now also
called REBT or Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy) and one of the
granddaddies of what's known as the cognitive behavioral school of
psychotherapy, probably the most practiced form of psychotherapy around
these days in one form or another.
I've more or less used Ellis' approach professionally since around 1972.
Larry Wall
I now work professionally on ACF (Automated Collaborative Filtering)
technology at Firefly
...
As for the sociological implications, I am writing an essay on the subject
(see URL below), and would be happy if you could read and comment on it.
...
Alexander Chislenko
To Surf
http://sunsite.auc.dk/FreakTech/
-- recc. Eugene Leitl <eugene at liposome.genebee.msu.su>
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To: transhuman at logrus.org
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 1998 15:46:40 +0000
Subject: >H Announcement: World Transhumanist Association
Reply-To: transhuman at logrus.org
Transhuman Mailing List
As some of you already know, there have beed discussions about
creating a World Tranhumanist Association. The good news is that we
have now reached the stage where we can make an inofficial
announcement and invite participation from the transhumanist
community. Together we have a unique pool of talents that I hope will
make this a big success and allow us to have an impact :-)
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MISSION STATEMENT
The WTA was founded in 1998 with the aim of turning transhumanism into
a mainstream academic discipline. The WTA seeks to promote research
into the science and philosophy of the future; to encourage reasoned
debate; and to facilitate the exchange of ideas between researchers on
all transhumanist themes. We work to increase public awareness of the
benefits, but also the risks, of the technologies by which humanity
will seek to overcome its biological limitations.
The WTA publishes the Journal of Transhumanism; organizes conferences;
promotes informed media coverage; provides information resources on
its web pages; and supports networking within the transhumanist
community. ----------------------------------------------------
We need members (membership will be free) but above all we need
persons who want to take an active part in shaping the WTA. The
content is still very preliminary. The WTA web site will be at
http://www.transhumanism.com; it is under construction but you can
already find more information about the WTA there.
If you want to get actively involved, please send me an email. At the
moment we are especially looking for persons who can take
responsibility for some part of the web pages, assist in the graphic
design, create a WTA logo, or implement features such as mailing lists
and threaded discussion archives.
I will continue to post updates on how the WTA develops... (I am quite
excited about this...)
_____________________________________________________
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London School of Economics
Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method
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Subject: WEB:KnU
http://www.software.ibm.com/data/knu/
Yes, this one is from IBM.
KnU (Knowledge Utility) seems to offer a solution to the problem of
"subjectivity" :the fact that the knowledge representation is never the
same, according the different people.
KnU creates one graph representing one field,but allow to create
different"instances of a graph (the persona)representing preferences and
choices of various users.
You can find an application at
www.aqui.ibm.com,
which uses Knu to create a system which, in some ways, look like an
alternative for Crit software.
Remi
SFA Chi Alpha at: http://www.lcc.net/~sfaxa/
From: steve at mds.com (Steve Purcell)
To: "'David Cary'" <d.cary at ieee.org>
Subject: RE: PC Card FAQ
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 13:01:03 -0800
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Here's my question.
I have designed an IO PC card that uses the Z86017 PCMCIA interface chip.
On my Pentium 90MHz machine the CIS is read somewhat consistently, but on my Pentium 200MHz machine the CIS is rarely read correctly.
Is there a known problem with this chip, or is there some mystical way of wiring it up that I have missed.
steve at mds.com
tosurf
I've setup a chat system with an in-page java client for people who want
to talk in real time. Just click on "Chat" next to "News" on the Table
of Contents of Homo Excelsior. The chat page resides at
"http://www.excelsior.org/chat".
Pat
Subject: pdx-b5: Heartless Bitches (fwd)
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 98 04:36:47 -0800
From: AmyCat <amy_c at efn.org>
To: <coj-list at pacifier.com>, <pdx-b5-l at q7.com>
Reply-To: pdx-b5-l at q7.com
Got a ref. to this web site from someone on another B5 list... Check it
out!
http://heartless-bitches.com/
They list Susan Ivanova as an honorary Heartless Bitch...
Global Village Bank
http://www.gvb.org/
skill bartering
The Science Guide
The World Wide Web News and Information Service for Scientists
http://www.scienceguide.com/
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Date: Mon, 05 Jan 1998 22:40:08 -0500
To: christlib-l at q7.com
From: stanley rosen <srosen at bu.edu>
Subject: Christlib-L: _Next of Kin_
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I would like to recommend a book titled _Next of Kin_, by Roger Fouts,
describing research on chimpanzee behavior and communication skills, and
calling on humans to regard the great apes as possessing rights.
The relevance to the list is, first, that Dr. Fouts calls himself a
churchgoing Christian; and, secondly, that Christians, libertarians, and
others should address the question of who qualifies as a person to whom
moral consideration is due. If a chimpanzee can make grammatical
statements using a vocabulary of over a hundred words in ASL or Yerkish,
and produce works of representational art, does she qualify?
"Speak and I will baptize you," a seventeenth century churchman is quoted
as saying upon seeing a chimpanzee. What would he have made of recent
developments? What should the rest of us make of them?
Regards,
Nicholas Rosen (not Stanley)
To: christlib at swcp.com
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 18:45:44 -0700
Subject: Christlib: Biblically correct
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From: dougnewman at juno.com (Douglas F. Newman)
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A few Sunday's ago, I delivered a message to my Bible study group here in
metro Denver, on the subject of "Biblical Correctness."
I did not talk about partisan politics, or even say the word Libertarian.
However, my point was that Jesus was neither a right-winger or a
left-winger. He had no political agenda and never initiated the use of
force.
If Christians are to be the most effective, they will refrain from using
politics to reshape society.
A transcript of my teaching is at:
http://www.geocities.com/capitolhill/7093/bibcorct.html
For Christ and for Liberty,
Doug Newman
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[DAV: M. Heiblum <heiblum at wis.weizmann.ac.il> (Nature 26 Feb 98)
supposedly has a quantum article -- does it describe this same person's experiment ?)
T a s t y B i t s f r o m t h e T e c h n o l o g y F r o n t
...
This issue: < http://www.tbtf.com/archive/03-02-98.html >
________________________________________________________________________
...
________________
.Israelis demonstrate a tunable quantum observer
Half-looking at particles being waves
Researchers at the Weizmann Institute have demonstrated [25], and
controlled, one of the strange everyday home truths of the quantum
world -- that the act of observing something perturbs it. In this
case, what is perturbed is the tendency of electrons to act like
waves. The Israeli researchers have produced a tunable sensor that
can watch which of two openings electrons go through. When the
sensor is fully "alert," each electron provably goes through one
opening or the other. When the sensor is not "looking," electrons go
through both openings in a wavelike way and interfere on the other
side. Such control over this basic quantum phenomenon could be im-
portant to devices built of quantum parts, for example the chips
described in TBTF tor 2/23/98 [26]. Thanks for the story suggestion
to Eliyahu Skoczylas <eliyahu at photonet.com>.
[25] http://www.iinsnews.com/sci/980226/98022625.html
[26] http://www.tbtf.com/archive/02-23-98.html#s07
________________
...
TBTF home and archive at < http://www.tbtf.com/ >. To subscribe
send the message "subscribe" to <tbtf-request at world.std.com>. TBTF
is Copyright 1994-1998 by Keith Dawson, < dawson at world.std.com >.
Commercial use prohibited. For non-commercial purposes please
forward, post, and link as you see fit.
quotes:
David Cary: "A really great teacher teaches you what you need to learn,
not what you asked to learn."
Lots of computer humor and folklore
http://www.abc.se/~jp/articles.htm
.
Alexandria Digital Literature
http://www.alexlit.com/
"The focus at this point is science fiction and fantasy."
Borland C++ Builder
http://www.inprise.com/bcppbuilder/
Inprise, the company formerly known as Borland.
Has some free downloads.
To know how to use Dictionary/by/Mail and other free services from the
wordserver, send a blank message with the word "help" in subject line to
<wsmith at wordsmith.org>. You can use the same address if you wish to
subscribe to or unsubscribe from this list.
http://www.wordsmith.org/awad/
http://www.scn.org/
The Journal of the Hyperlinked Organization (JOHO)
http://www.hyperorg.com/
Art Bell
http://www.artbell.com/
recc. DCrawford. UFOs, etc. (Radio talkshow)
???
http://members.aol.com/Lesson4u
King Safety Products
http://www.kingsafety.com/
Macintosh Artificial Life Software
http://www.ccnet.com/~bhill/elsewhere.html
http://www.about-face.org/
"About-Face is a grassroots effort dedicated
to combating negative and distorted images of women
and promoting alternatives through education and action - and humor."
Ultimate Future
http://uf.misweb.com/
now has an online searchable database of second-hand VR and fringe-tech gear.
IBM Technical Journals
http://www.almaden.ibm.com/journal/
Lots of {{{HUGS}}}
http://www.geocities.com/NapaValley/4121/hug.html
The Society of Childlike Grownups
http://home1.gte.net/unusual/honor.htm
Green Dragon Creations
http://www2.greendragon.com/gdc/
"develops cool software for any platform except DOS/Windows"
MacOS,
PalmOS (Pilot),
game consoles.
Microcode Engineering
http://www.microcode.com/
...
The _Dancing Wu Li Masters_ was the author's attempt to find out what
model of the world is suggested by modern physics. He comes to the
conclusion that there *is* no model of the world (in the classical sense)
that is consistent with modern physics. I think that's perfectly correct,
although the author was hampered by his inability to master the
mathematics of modern physics.
...
"The apparent difference between science and religion stems from an
incomplete understanding of both" - Brigham Young
...
--
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/1756/taofaq3.txt
Unlimited Underground Electronics
http://www.access1.net/ninteach/
strange, controversial technologies.
http://www-ese.fnal.gov/eseproj/dart/repeater/repeater.txt
???
http://www.ezonemag.com/articles/1996/neon.htm
RC sailplanes.
http://www.semi.harris.com/prism/index.htm
???
http://www.semi.harris.com/aquarius/index.htm
???
Mark Dalton
http://lenti.med.umn.edu/~mwd/
Lots of useful information:
Protein Structure,
Robotics and AI.
The International Interactive Communication Society
http://www.teleport.com/~iicsor/
the Journal on Excellence in College Teaching
http://www.lib.muohio.edu/ject/
"Today, too many people think that they are buying a solution
when what they are really buying is a tool."
-- Ken Catto
"Do the Right Thing", article by Peter Bickford,
p. 16 in 1995 July
Apple Directions
http://gemma.apple.com/mkt/adtop.shtml
http://peak-computing.com/
???
Cult of the Dead Cöw
http://www.l0pht.com/cdc.html
http://www.yahoo.com/Arts/Visual_Arts/Computer_Generated/Artists/Group_Exhibits/index.html
[pc_card]
Irez Research Corp.
$130 CapSure fill-motion, analog video PC Card for Apple Computer Inc.'s PowerBook G3.
1998 May 25 _Computer Reseller News_ http://www.crn.com/
http://www.zelo.com/jokes/startrek/microsoft.htm
http://www.dejanews.com/rg_mkgrp.xp Create Your Own Free Member Forum
[seul-help]
From: Roger Dingledine <arma at mit.edu>
To: twoducks at globalserve.net
cc: seul-dev-help at seul.org
Subject: Re: Contacting other groups.
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 01:41:11 EDT
Sender: owner-seul-dev-help at seul.org
In message <98042322062705.00482@duck1.foul>, twoducks at globalserve.net writes:
>It seems that it might be a good idea for seul-dev-help to
>contact other groups who may be interested in the attempt
>that we will be making to improve documentation for the
>end user.
>
>I would guess that we do not want to duplicate any efforts
>already occuring, so it would probably be best to contact
>these other groups before any really serious effort is expended.
>
>Some of the groups I thought should be contacted would be:
>
>KDE
>GNOME
>LDP (Linux Documentation Project)
>
>At the very least I thought it would be useful to inform them about
>the existence of this group and some of the actual concrete things
>we would be attempting to provide (task-help, a help system). I assume
>that if we were to work on documentation such as man pages (eew),
>HOWTOs and the like we would do that through LDP.
>
>Any comments? Are there any other groups that should be included
>and is there anything else that we might be doing that they would be
>interested with?
>
>Ken
"I must do something" will always solve more problems than "Something must be done."
- Unknown
Just a quick note to inform you that
Intelligent Instrumentation is now shipping
the Multifunction Ethernet Data Acquisition System.
This unit has 16 analog inputs,
2 analog outputs, and 16 digital I/O points, and
connects directly to a 10BaseT Ethernet using the TCP/IP protocol.
I can send full details if you are interested, or
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If you would prefer not to receive future announcements,
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Intelligent Instrumentation
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[http://galeb.etf.bg.ac.yu/~malovic/muse]
From: "John Fast"
To:
Subject: Re: Christlib: press release
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 19:40:16 -0400
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Genie wrote:
(I wrote:)
>> Btw, why don't you post the original message
>> to Spooner-L?
>
>okay, I give what is Spooner-L?
Spooner-L <spooner-l at netcom.com> is
"Spooner-List," the Libertarian philosophy
discussion list. "Philosophy" here includes
all types, including metaphysics, cosmology, epistemology, linguistics,
psychology, "natural
philosophy" (i.e., natural science), and esthetics,
as well as ethics and political and moral philosophy.
It's run by Tim Starr <timstarr at netcom.com>.
<Sig-L>
Theologisches Forum
Fragen / Antworten zu biblischen Themen
http://www.somy.ch/home/wepf/
Theology Forum: Questions and Answers on Biblical themes.
(in German)(in Switzerland)
[robot]
Anorad Corporation
http://www.anorad.com/
Moving Magnet Brushless Linear Servo Motors
(mo moving motor cables)
Stop-My-Spam
http://www.StopMySpam.com/
???
[todo]
take psychology classes ?
MEI-Micro Center
http://www.mei-microcenter.com/
good prices on recordable CDs,
Digital Equipment Corp
Alpha 21164-500MHz: 15.4 SPECint95 and 21.1 SPECfp95.
[where ?]
my
"/etc/AppleVolumes.system"
file contains
Type Creator
-----
TEXT ttxt (SimpleText)
fast ADC/DAC question
$590 (in 100s) SPT7760 (Signal Processing Technologies)(1995 June _ECN_)(8-bit ADC ... 1000 MS/s)
[email to one who wanted fast ADC/DAC]
From: Eugene Leitl <eugene at liposome.genebee.msu.su>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 17:14:27 +0400 (MSD)
To: transhumantech at excelsior.org
Subject: tech: Re: Disposable digital cameras
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From: "Rehmi Post" <rehmi at media.mit.edu>
To: "MIT Lizzy Design Group" <wear-hard at haven.org>
Subject: Re: Disposable digital cameras
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 08:51:52 -0400
This is a good time to plug the Virtual Vision VV5300/VV6300 CMOS camera
chip with digital outputs. Grey and color versions. 160x120. $20/each in
small quantities. The color version just has a color filter pattern printed
on the package window. I've had really good luck with them.
http://www.vvl.co.uk/camera/index.htm
They're also easy to use, with 8-bit, 4-bit, synch and asynch serial output
formats software selectable. Yes, this is just a chip, but it does
everything except level-conversion from CMOS TTL to RS-232. You just need a
handful of pull-up resistors and some capacitors to get it running.
Speaking of prototyping, below are some indispensible tools for the
dedicated hobbyist.
Analog and mixed simulation: Microsim Spice v8 eval (www.microsim.com)
is great for just doodling out a circuit and getting a feel for it.
Board layout: free eval version of Protel-98 at www.protel.com. All the
tools you need to do schematic entry and PCB layout, with an interactive
autorouter, for 2- to 16-layer boards. Also includes PLD design tools and
simulation. Also check out www.pads.com and the layout tools in the
aforementioned Microsim Spice.
FPGAs for glue logic and more: Altera (www.altera.com) has a six-month
eval version of their software up for FTP. They also have some of the least
expensive, highest-density parts on the market. Lattice has similar tools,
and even cheaper parts. Aldec (www.aldec.com) also has a free eval VHDL
design and simulation environment. Cypress used to have a version of their
Warp tools available, don't recall whether it supported synthesis.
Board fabrication: Alberta Printed Circuits (www.apcircuits.com) has a
"Proto 1" service -- two-sided, plated-through holes on standard FR-4, no
soldermask or silk-screening, 8-mil linewidth, two-day turnaround (FTP into
their server monday morning before 0900 EST, get it back wednesday morning
via FedEx) if you're in a hurry. $48 setup fee per board, $0.68 per square
inch. They also have slower-turnaround, higher-quality services when you've
got your final board and you want all the niceties. Their work is good, and
it's about the cheapest and most reliable I've found.
HTH,
-rehmi
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book by Doug Briggs.
"The gun laws of Texas are a rich source of understanding when it comes to
the application of deadly force. I highly recommend Briggs' book for anyone
who wants to gain a deep insight into this topic."
-- recc. 1998-06-28 "R. Knauer-AIMNET" <rcktexas at ix.netcom.com> http://www.aimtec.com/
John Hedtke
http://www.hedtke.com/
expert on technical writing:
what publishers look for in a book, etc.
To: christlib at swcp.com
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 23:47:13 -0400
Subject: Re: Christlib: Conservation of Coercion
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--
On Sun, 28 Jun 1998 16:45:41 -0500 "R. Knauer-AIMNET"
<rcktexas at ix.netcom.com> writes:
>>I still haven't seen any good reason to believe that there
>>*is* such a thing as a non-physical "spiritual" order (as
>>differentiated from "mental" things).
>
>Then I highly recommend you study Aquinas. The best books I know about
him
>are by Etienne Gilson. Two in particular are standouts: "God And
>Philosophy" and "The Spirit Of Mediaeval Philosophy". The latter has a
>particularly good treatise on Liberty. I have never seen anything as
well
>done as Gilson's exposition, not even Jacque Maritain.
If you could quickly describe the repeatable
experiment concerning non-physical matters
that I will find therein...?
>>Perhaps. Do you have some reason to believe this
>>that isn't also a (bogus) attack on libertarianism?
>
>There are two kinds of Libertarianism (other that Looneytarianism). One
is
>Anarchist Libertarianism and the other is Minarchist Libertarinaism. If
you
>want to grasp the essence of Anarchist Libertarinaism, read Lysander
>Spooner, and if you want to grasp the essence of Minarchist
Libertarianism,
>read Rose Wilder Lane.
I've read lots of Spooner, thanks. :) What do you
mean when you refer to "looneytarianism"?
I would be what you refer to as an Anarchist
Libertarian, I believe, unless I'm missing
something. I usually refer to myself as an
agorist, or anarcho-capitalist, or (lately)
free-archist, after Ari Armstrong's essay.
>I do not believe that being a Minarchist Libertarian is necessarily an
>attack on Libertarianism per se.
Perhaps not. My question is: Is there a
argument against privately held police
and court companies that isn't equally
valid or invalid against privately held
{everything else/fill in the blank}.
>>I would say that minarchy is demonstrably unstable,
>
>OK, let's see your arguments.
US history will do. The US started
as a good approximation of a
minarchist state. Liberia, nearly
every central/south american
country, and probably others
have all gone the same route,
in spite of original constitutions
closely modeled on the US's.
>>while anarcho-capitalism is only potentially so.
>
>OK, let's see your arguments.
Well, it hasn't been tried, so it
may or may not be stable. We
don't yet know.
>>Has there been a non-socialist attempt at anarchy,
>>*anywhere*?
>
>Probably not. Some argue that anarchy and socialism are the same thing
deep
>down. Communism is certainly anarchist.
Not at all. Communism is quite totalitarian,
even as idealized.
>>I don't know of any market anarchy that has been
>>attempted.
>
>Presumably the country of Greenland enjoys completely laissez faire free
>market capitalism, but I do not know that for a fact.
Nor do I. Someone know about this?
>>"Traitorous" being a term widely bandied
>>about when a person disagrees with the
>>ruling party. I would say that the whole
>>concept of "treason" is a meme that benefits
>>the State, at the expense of the rest of us.
>
>I use the terms "traitorous" and "treason" in the sense of violating the
>Constitution. Of course left to their own designs, politicians corrupt
>everything, including the true meanings of those terms.
But the Declaration (composed by some of the
same people as the Constitution) holds that
it is permissable to overturn a government,
so the Constitution is not inviolable, even on
its writers' terms (if not on Mr. Lincoln's).
--digsig
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[interesting people]
Richard Thieme
http://www.thiemeworks.com/
[astro]
Kitt Peak National Observatory west of Tucson
MicroDesign Resources
http://www.MDRonline.com/q/
the _Microprocessor Report_,
_Embedded Processor Watch_,
_Buyer's Guide to DSP Processors_, Merced info, etc.
James Coons
http://www.ameritech.net/users/jacoons/
Christian, Radical Creationist, Programmer.
All About PostScript
http://www.quite.com/ps/
online books on programming in PostScript.
http://www.bootnet.com/boot.html
???
http://www.hackerproof98.com/
???
http://managementroundtable.com/
???
http://www.trainingforum.com/
???
http://www.extropia.com/
free perl scripts ?
move metadata information from "long-term TTD" to "html.html"
(leave behind a link).
Perhaps move other items from that file to "todo.html".
1998 Fall Schedule
ECEN 5513 MW 12:3-1:20 Cor 127 Stochastic Systems
ECEN 5713 MW 1:3-3:0 ES 111 System Theory
ECEN 5853 TTH 12:3-1:45 ES 302 Ultrafast Optoelectronics
Possible courses for 1998 Spring Schedule:
ENGL4553 * Document Design (not offered in 1998 fall)
ECEN5223 Digital Systems Testing (not offered in 1998 fall)
PSYCH 1113
German 1225 (1998 fall conflicted)
Comsc 4283 Computer Networks = ECEN 4283
Astro 1104 (!)
Micro 2124 (!) Intro to Microbiology
Architecture 1111
ABSED 4063 * Exporation of the Creative Experience.
[todo/resume]
failure analysis
[search tools]
more news:
http://www.hypernews.org/
F: 405 325-7066
E: vdebrunn(at)ou.edu
W: http://www.ou.edu/engineering/ece/faculty/vdebrunner.html
[astro]
The Sun
http://www.seds.org/nineplanets/nineplanets/sol.html
http://jsbach.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/linker
interesting little CGI program that takes *any* page
and adds lots and lots of
(hopefully at least slightly relevant)
links -- one for each and every word.
Towels
http://www.dwave.net/~tony/Mars/hgttg2.htm#Towels
[HHGTtG]
"the CodeGuru homepage, the online community of Windows developers."
http://209.66.99.126/
includes software jokes.
http://www.codeguru.com/jokes/
http://www.zdnetmail.com/
free web-based e-mail account
Tucker Electronics
http://www.tucker.com/
used and surplus equipment
http://www.protel.com/corp/links.htm
more electronics-related links
???
http://www.mi-systems.com/
http://atrieva.netscape.com/
offsite online backup service
MatLab humor:
Does existence exist ?
» exist('existence')
ans =
0
»
"Is there anything that always exists ?" -- Joe
???
http://www.TheValkyrie.com/stories/sagas/diana15.txt
http://www.aitech.co.uk/image_4_linkpage.htm
photo of THREE DIMENSIONAL INTERCONNECT
[future_history]
http://www.utexas.edu/research/cem/rd/rd03/03.html
"Presently, the Army is funding CEM under the Focused
Technology Program to develop the next generation of
compact compulsator power supplies, which will be
consistent with their concept of the Future Main Battle
Tank (FMBT) to be fielded by 2015. The FTP machine
concept represents a fundamental departure from the
previous air-core compulsators by going to a rotating field topology and a multi-phase operating
mode. These changes, combined with a composite stator structure will result in a factor of 4
increase in specific performance over the CCEMG machine, and will allow integration of the
system into a tank vehicle chassis. The compulsator will be a part of the all-electric tank which
includes electric vehicle drive and suspension, and electric armaments. In this concept, the flywheel
energy can be used as a flywheel battery to provide power for vehicle acceleration and
regenerative braking, and will also produce electrical power for the electromagnetic armaments."
[search tools]
http://www.operasoftware.com/search.html
http://www.imagicgames.com/demos.html#vandemo
game ???
http://www.equip.com/
online magazine ?
Christopher "Erlkönig" North-Keys
http://www.talisman.org/~erlkonig/
stuff on Lego/Logo robotics, C++ programming,
some source code, the
Group Talisman Kate Bush Archive, etc.
(although DAV fails to see the connection ...).
He says
"With collaborative VR,
we lose boundaries between people and machine,
between people and people, and between machine and machine."
--
http://www.talisman.org/~erlkonig/lego/lego-on-sgis/Main.html
The Mind Switch
http://www.phys.uts.edu.au/~asearle/m_switch.html
allows a person to turn on and off an electrical appliance,
such as a desk lamp or TV in 2-3 seconds using EEG signals,
without training.
Proportional control,
such as turning up or down the volume of a radio,
is also possible with the technology.
"my plea to artists is this:
Don't leave this new /materia prima/ -- called computation --
to us technologists. It is a new creative medium
of great profundity,
realized on a machine that is the most malleable tool
ever invented. It is necessary that artists --
the explorers at the edges of our culture --
help define its development.
...
"Instead of delivering a technology,
we have to parse it into usable solutions.
... constrained ... extracting simple, useful application
from the general technology. ...
Visualisation Software
http://www.roe.ac.uk/acdwww/vissys/
contains links to various visualisation packages and related information.
It has been produced as part of a Starlink project to investigate
visualisation software for use in astronomy.
starter-generator
http://www.skypoint.com/~olsonm/turbook/pg04.htm
for a turbine-powered car.
Intelligent Motion (Motors, Drives, and Motion Control)
Technical Papers
http://www.powersystems.com/arc/psw96/im.html
???
buzzwords
AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS; BRUSHLESS MACHINES; CONTROL SYSTEM
SYNTHESIS; DIGITAL CONTROL; ELECTRIC PROPULSION; ELECTRIC VEHICLES;
MACHINE THEORY; MICROCOMPUTER APPLICATIONS; MOTION
CONTROL; POWER ENGINEERING COMPUTING; PWM INVERTORS; SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR
DRIVES.DEDE PWM INVERTER; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; THREE-PHASE
BRUSHLESS SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR DRIVE; MICROPROCESSOR CONTROL;
CONTROL ALGORITHMS;
LOOKUP TABLES; ABC-DQ CURRENT TRANSFORMATIONS; VECTOR CONTROL;
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; MOTION CONTROL SYSTEMS; CONTROL DESIGN; POWER
ELECTRONICS; FILTERING; DIGITIZATION; COMPUTATION ALGORITHM.
John Trudel
editor for _Electronic Design_
http://www.trudelgroup.com
O'Reilly Technical Publishing
http://www.ora.com
Sharp Electronics
high-density FLASH and other electronics components.
http://www.sharpmeg.com/flash
nasdaq.com
SGS-Thomson Microelectronics
http://www.st.com
Electronic Industries Association (EIA)
JEDEC standards
http://www.eia.org/jedec/
active filter demo kit
http://www.national.com/see/activefilter
http://www.marshall.com/
distributes the
$4.79 Siemens C161 16-bit microcontroller
$161 SABC161EVAL Evaluation Kit for the Siemens C161, 64KByte RAM, 256 KByte FLASH, C Compiler, Assembler and Debugger
http://www.popsci.com
1947 Oct 14: Captain Chuck Yeager becomes the first man to break the sound barrier,
in the X-1, with backup pilot Lt. Bob Hoover flying high chase.
Also on the X-1 team: flight engineer Captain Jack Ridley;
project engineer Dick Frost; B-29 pilot Bob Cardenas.
The entire mission (from being dropped from the B-29 bomber to landing) lasted 14 minutes.
(-- from _Popular Science_ 1998 Jan "The Last Hero Pilot" article by Frank Vizard)
1999 Jan 1: "11 of the European Union's 15 members are expected to adopt the Euro on Jan. 1, 1999,
establishing a single-currency economic zone with 280 million people...
and a gross national product of US$ 6.7 trillion ...
Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Ireland, Finland, Austria, and
Portugul ...
Three others -- Britain, Sweden, and Denmark --
have opted out of the early stages, and Greece has been excluded ..."
"Midvale, Utah-based emWare recently showed off its embedded micro-interface technology (EMIT)
by controlling the functions of a standard door lock with a Web browser and a video camera.
The company is currently working with Weiser Lock to put its electronic locks online.
EMIT is based on a web server embedded in appliance chips... Web-enabled devices ... as little as 750 bytes of ROM and 28 bytes of RAM are needed in the device.
Chris Sontag, emWare's president, says the software could control locks, thermostats,
security systems, and entertainment systems.
It could even allow doctors to monitor home heart monitors."
-- Hank Schlesinger, in article "Internet Door Lock" in _Popular Science_ 1997 Dec. p. 33
the Zeppelin NT (for New Technology)
www.zepplin-nt.com
p. 44
_Popular Science_ 1997 Dec.
"A scientific team from Penn State and four other universities has discovered a species of worm that lives on and in chunks of frozen methane ...
The appearance of the flat, pink worms is as bizzare as the habitat where they were found.
... the icy methane deposits ...
form only under conditions of low temperature and high pressure."
www.bio.psu.edu/faculty/fisher/fhome.htm
p. 46
_Popular Science_ 1997 Dec.
"the Fun Car Co. ... developed a high-speed method ...
opening the door to low-cost, high-strengh [composite] automotive structures".
(No web page ?)
Mentioned p. 50 _Popular Science_ 1997 Dec.
IBM's Almaden Research Center
... prototype Personal Area Network uses the human body to transmit electronic data ... using a current that is weaker than the natural currents in the body ...
www.almaden.ibm.com
Dragon Systems
"NaturallySpeaking ... the first "continuous-speech" voice-recognition software for PCs"
www.naturalspeech.com
"the Qualcomm Q phone ... 4.0 by 2.2 by 1.0 inches closed... 5 ounces ... digital PCS telephone ... 4-line by 12-character LCD screen provide access to e-mail... Offered through Sprint PCS"
www.qualcomm.com
www.direcduo.com
www.popsci.com
The F-22 Raptor, currently undergoing test flights ... due to enter service in 2005.
www.lmasc.lmco.com/f22
Epson PhotoPC 600
digital camera
2-inch color LCD display; 1 024 by 768 resolution; flashbulb;
4MB of internal memory and a slot for CompactFlash cards. $799
p. 69
www.epson.com
_Popular Science_ 1997 Dec.
Motorola's TalkAbout radios
"use the UHF band reserved for outdoor enthusiasts and families"
30-hour operation
"A nifty headset ($15) triggers the voice activation so you can communicate hands-free. Price per radio: $149"
www.motorola.com
p. 69
_Popular Science_ 1997 Dec.
what is
turbofan
turbojet
turboprop
?
Neighborhood Electric Vehicle (electric car)
$ 6 999
www.bombardier.com
p. 79
_Popular Science_ 1997 Dec.
KAZ electric car
http://www.gaura.com/ev/kaz/index_e.html
Max Speed 311.67 km/h
"Rex-3DS PC Companion", a "PC Card"
1.4 ounce device
LCD display
$180
www.franklin.com/rex
p. 77
_Popular Science_ 1997 Dec.
6-wheel amphibious all-terrain vehicle (ATV)
www.maxatvs.com
Tesla books
http://www.keynet.net/~lindsay
$US 55 (including shipping) RC flying saucer
http://www.link.ca/saucer
http://www.amdahl.com/internet/hot.html
Dalriada celtic Heritage Trust
http://www.dalriada.co.uk/
Web + MOO = WOO!
http://www.picosof.com/about
the Geek White Pages
http://www.dsus.com/gwp/
ANTS
http://www.ants-inc.com/
is not an acronym
but a metaphor, says Wagner, for "the things we overlook
in our lives that are actually fascinating."
--
http://www.abqjournal.com/scitech/1sci2-11.htm
http://www.geocities.com/Avenues/Computers_and_Technology/Electrical_Engineering/
Daniel P. Dern
http://www.dern.com/
Planet Think
http://www.emg.com/
???
"In 1945, John von Neumann published his "Expanding
Economy Model". He showed, mathematically,
that economic problems are best solved
when all goods are produced at the highest
efficiency in the greatest possible quantity. No
matter where or how. ... the model says
that restrictions, tariffs, and trade barriers
always work to the detriment of those
imposing them. They amount to a subsidization
of inefficiency ..." -- Phil Armour.
Internet Computing Online magazine/webzine
http://www.computer.org/internet/
XML-related tools, companies, and online resources
_Computer_ magazine
http://www.computer.org/
http://www.halcyon.com/jlb/
???
The Tech
http://the-tech.mit.edu/
online news service
world's smallest hard disk drive
http://www.ibm.com/News/1998/09/09.phtml
"weighs less than a AA battery"
TechnoFandom
http://vger.rutgers.edu/~tempest/tf.htm
lots of info on keeping the stage, microphones, and lighting
running smoothly.
"the official site about Jef Raskin"
http://freebie.cfcl.com/jef/
"Information Design",
"Understanding Why Wings Work",
"Bible Code Hoax Program",
"Short Reviews of Science and Math Books" (some extremely negative),
and some medical humor.
Quantum
http://www.nsta.org/quantum/
"The magazine of math and science"
Biodiversity and Biological Collections
http://biodiversity.uno.edu/
http://utopia.knoware.nl/~myranya/major.txt
???
2001 at jencom.com
interesting presentation
http://www.jencom.com/2001
The Optical Fibers Page
http://www.ee.usyd.edu.au/tutorials_online/topics/online/l_optfib.html
fiber optic
http://www.laughingbird.com/Mega_tips/Organizing_Tips.html
L0PHT Heavy Industries
http://www.l0pht.com/
pro-hacker
HOW THINGS WORK
http://landau1.phys.virginia.edu/Education/Teaching/HowThingsWork/
by
Louis A. Bloomfield, Professor of Physics, The University of Virginia
http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/3537/index.html
schematics ?
http://www.vabch.com/edge/INDEX.HTM
electro-optics ???
Eugen Leitl: Weird Science >H Home Page
http://www.lrz-muenchen.de/~ui22204/
http://www.total.net/~benh/
???
http://www.iac.net/~suchanek/
lots of molecule links
a Medical Laboratory Technologist
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/5052/
???
http://uqbar.ncifcrf.gov/cachau/
Molecular Modeling, Quantum Chemistry
http://gpfn.sk.ca/~rorytate/index.html
"Equation of the Month",
fractal animations,
http://www-nmd.usgs.gov/www/products/prnmap1.html
maps ???
http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/9752/
???
information on sources of error in temperature and other sensors,
and what happens when they are not taken into account.
Science and Faith
http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Union/9762/
http://www.primenet.com/~jeffdean/firewall.html
mentions the fictional(?) character "David Allen".
http://www.konstanz.netsurf.de/~grabenst/
???
http://www.cse.ucsd.edu/users/bgrundy/
???
universal economic history
http://wbrune.simplenet.com/
???
http://relicsoft.peon.net/
"RelicSoft is a non-profit software group
which creates all types of freeware,
for a variety of operating systems."
"If you have any ideas, or would be interested in helping out, let us know."
http://www.atc.peon.net/
"The Open University:
Faculty of Technology"
http://www-tec.open.ac.uk/
"The Open Technolgy Project"
has some courses that are taught
entirely on-line -- no face-to-face meetings.
The Internet Science Journal
http://www.vub.ac.be/gst/sci-journal/
FUTURE TECHNOLOGY
http://www.joelorr.com/future.htm
Near Future Technology
http://www.abwillms.demon.co.uk/tech/index.htm
[FIXME:]
The Old Computer Archive
http://www.zoo.co.uk/~z0001275/collection.htm
A collection of
Timex/Sinclair, Apple ][, Apple Lisa,
and other historical computers.
"DON'T throw that old computer away! I'll gladly take it off your hands."
The Apple Doomsday Clock
http://www.netherworld.com/~mgabrys/clock/
???
Anti-Apple and Anti-Macintosh links
http://206.187.82.62/cable/links.html
(also links to low-cost surplus
self-regenerating
From: Mitchell Porter <mitch at thehub.com.au>
To: transhuman at logrus.org
...
An autopoietic system is basically a self-regenerating system - see,
for example, http://alf.nbi.dk/~emmeche/coPubl/97d.NABCE/ExplEmer.html.
(I say 'basically', since Maturana & Varela's work, e.g. _Autopoiesis
and cognition_, has philosophical subtleties which I do not fathom.)
...
-mitch
http://www.thehub.com.au/~mitch
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 19:19:25 -0500 (EST)
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-------------------------------------------------------------
1998-05-09 Passivity Seen as Not Passe
The following report was prepared by Miriam Bloom
, editor of our new sub-publication
"The Journal of the Passive Voice":
"A great deal of pleasure was felt when this fine letter was
received by me, who was appointed editor of the JPV. It was
written by Ross Knights":
* * *
I was struck by the offer that had been recently presented to me
via the Web to be allowed the opportunity for my work to be seen
worldwide.
The goal is considered imperative that the use of active
voice will have been limited as much as possible, or will have
been be stamped out utterly. The active voice has been eschewed in
everything done by me, either written or spoken. Feelings can be
spared and diplomacy improved by the application of some simple
principles that are known to all educated speakers of English.
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http://www.improb.com/
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 15:54:26 -0600
From: Richard Daniel
--
Alvy Ray Smith
http://www.research.microsoft.com/graphics/alvy/,
in
"The Stuff of Dreams" article
in Computer Graphics World
http://www.cgw.com/
1998-07
we must create an impedance match
between artists and complex models. ... Woody
and Buzz of /Toy Story/ [have] about 700 controls each. ...
Human-like characters will probably require
thousands of controls. This is simply too much,
even for ... artists ...
it's time for what I call the Single Creative App. This
is what I want as a creator, so I'm assuming it's what
you want too. ... a single application that integrates
sound and pictures, 2D and 3D, geometry and imaging,
animation and interactivity, and handles all logistics,
including intellectual property, asset,
and project management. This
one application, rather than 15 apps
and the conversion filters between them all,
is something that could be accomplished now."
--
Alvy Ray Smith
http://www.research.microsoft.com/graphics/alvy/,
in
"The Stuff of Dreams" article
in Computer Graphics World
http://www.cgw.com/
1998-07