Comment Can we at least spell the astronaut's name right? (Score 4, Informative) 212
I mean, in the title. Really? The dude's in space. I think the least we can do for him is not space out on the spelling of his name.
Athena's Free Firewall Browser 23
athenasec writes "Firewall Browser is a free configuration analyzer (download here), released by Athena Security, which works on Cisco, Check Point, and Netscreen firewalls for searching rulebases based on address or service ranges — the way change requests are actually made. The tool is available as a free download with no limitations, user license restrictions, or registration hurdles. Users can slice and dice any firewall-related question about the network, service objects, and security rules for a multi-vendor environment from a single flexible interface. There is also this how-to guide for applying the tool to day-to-day operational tasks."
Submission + - Pittsburgh announces interest in Google RFI (pittsburgh.pa.us)
An anonymous reader writes: The City of Pittsburgh, has announced along with Carnegie Mellon University, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and the University of Pittsburgh that it intends on responding to Google's 1Gbps Fiberoptic FTTH (Fiber to the Home) request for information. The Mayor seemed very pleased and eager to welcome Google, and give them the key to the City. Pittsburgh is hoping to continue to push technology to it's limits and be at the forefront of technology for the rest of the USA and even the world to look to.
Comment More of his talks? (Score 1) 249
This talk was great! But, I'd love to have seen some of the other ones Cliff offered (particularly the GC one). A quick search of google video/youtube turns up only his lock free hash table talk, which is great, but I've seen it already.
Anyone have links to more of this guy?
-c
Dad Delivers Baby Using Wiki 249
sonamchauhan writes "A Londoner helped his wife deliver their baby by Googling 'how to deliver a baby' on his mobile phone. From the article: 'Today proud Mr Smith said: "The midwife had checked Emma earlier in the day but contractions started up again at about 8pm so we called the midwife to come back. But then everything happened so quickly I realized Emma was going to give birth. I wasn't sure what I was going to do so I just looked up the instructions on the internet using my BlackBerry."'"
Mozilla Thunderbird 3 Released 272
supersloshy writes Today Mozilla released Thunderbird 3.
Many new features are available, including Tabs and enhanced search features, a message archive for emails you don't want to delete but still want to keep, Firefox 3's improved Add-ons Manager, Personas support, and many other improvements. Download here."
Comment I recommend against digitized pen math notes (Score 1) 823
So, this is just my experience, and I'm sure you won't listen or will have a different experience, but:
I tried taking electronic notes in maybe a half dozen undergrad math classes using a Newton message pad in ink mode. I believe that I did significantly more poorly in those classes than if I would have used pen and paper. It was just too futzy. The Newton worked fine, because it wasn't trying to recognize, but the added layer of technology didn't justify itself in terms of the potential but unrealized benefits of search- or store-ability.
I did homework assignments in LaTeX and got quite fast in it, but not fast enough to take notes with it using a keyboard. (Although I sometimes felt like I got points off because my work was too easy to read!) The classes I did best in I took pen and paper notes and then later transcribed and condensed these into LaTeX study guides.
On the flip side, for less notation-focused classes, like say, literature, it was awesome to be able to search my electronic notes and I think this justified the effort in changing my handwriting so the Newton would read it. I still see the effects of this in my writing today!
Good luck!
-c
Slashdot Top Deals
It's not so hard to lift yourself by your bootstraps once you're off the ground. -- Daniel B. Luten
