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GRAFFITI -- October 19, 2009 thru October 25, 2009>> Link to the Current Week <<Last Week << Mon Tues Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun >> Next Week Welcome to Orb Graffiti, a place for me to write daily about life and computers. Contrary to popular belief, the two are not interchangeable. About eMail - I publish email sometimes. If you send me an email and you want privacy or anonymity, please say so clearly at the beginning of your message. |
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1209 - Still terribly busy. Sigh. It may even get worse before it gets better. Ciao!
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1727 - Blargh! School last night. Shopping and school tonight. School all day (while it rains) tomorrow. Work tomorrow night. Work Sunday morning. Etc, etc. Sorry, there are interesting things to report on, but precious little time in which to do so. More tomorrow, with any luck at all... Ciao!
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1549 - Many of my problems with school these days are ones of scope. Here's an example conference problem that I replied to today:
Write short segment of a program using the instructions in table 6-1 in Mano. The segment should include a call to a subroutine and the subroutine itself.
I write a simple spec so that I have a target in mind ... What I finally submit is 100 lines of assembler. It's probably right, but we have no compiler for this imaginary machine. And it's roughly 8X the size of the minimum requirement for the question. Now, on to the next chapter! Ciao!
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1646 - In case I wasn't busy enough, I've got four straight days of training at LISA in Baltimore next Sunday through Wednesday: Linux and Solaris. So I'm striving to get a bit of a lead on my UMUC classes. I finished my second paper for the writing class today, then wrote the "Formal Outline" from the finished paper, since I don't do outlines. I also did the other supporting material, including the letter of submission. I'm going to continue, tonight, to work on the CMIS course work. I really should go cut up that pork loin, though, and get that into the freezer. But first...
I note that DoD has announced a plan to provide extra compensation for service members who were extended via stop loss. There's a news story here. I note that the thoughtful folks at DoD with computers that already know who was extended and due this money are still making the service members apply on their own. I assume (being cynical and all) that its because some percentage of service members won't hear about it and won't apply. Jerks. Just figure it out and give the guys at the pointy end of the stick their money, alright? Our condolences this week (as every week) to the families and units of our fallen warriors.
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