University Laptops

Wondering what kind of software the different university departments load onto laptops they issue to people.

I have BioEdit, Cygwin–X, Endnote, Exceed, Maple, Mathematica, Mathtype, MDL ISIS Draw, Microsoft Office, PuTTY, Python, SciFinder Scholar, VMD and probably a few other things I haven't come across yet.

: 17 Jun 2006 23:18 |  Tags: Computers |  Comments (1) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Threading a calculation–heavy program

Threading a calculation–heavy program is unlikely to make it run faster/more efficiently. Discuss.

: 16 Jun 2006 16:21 |  Tags: Cxx |  Comments (5) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Passing objects by value

If a particular class of objects is heavily used, do not pass it by value. Passing such objects by value is guaranteed to slow down your program!

;)

: 14 Jun 2006 21:59 |  Tags: Cxx |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Warwick Webmail

Since beginning to use Warwick Webmail as the main place to drop my university emails, I've started receiving a higher quality of spam. The subject lines of the new spam are convincing enough to force a check/read; this is especially bad as Warwick Webmail is so damn slow.

: 08 Jun 2006 09:17 |  Tags: ITS Random |  Comments (1) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

A Million Things to Do

If one has a million things to do, where is it best to begin?

: 06 Jun 2006 22:37 |  Tags: Random |  Comments (6) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

So, Science

Does science really have much to tell anyone? All these very many journals with many egos bustling about to improve something they value and that they refer to as their 'reputation'. People building up a big mountain of work that they hope others will carry on when they die and it no longer really matters to them.

: 06 Jun 2006 22:36 |  Tags: Random |  Comments (3) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

New Academic Year Coming

All change! So many facets to my little life here! Photos all sorted and put away. Readin for the next bit of work. Bits and pieces to prepare. Yayyayyay!

: 21 Sep 2005 14:07 |  Comments (1) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Dependency problem fix

Making a note of this so i can throw away a piece of paper i jotted this down on.

revdep-rebuild -v

under Gentoo to search through dependencies.

/etc/sudoers

for users who are allowed to sudo I suppose.

: 19 Jul 2005 17:57 |  Tags: Linux |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Something you should do or have probably done

Have a conversation through the msn friendly name system

: 24 Jun 2005 09:37 |  Comments (1) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Zero spelling mistakes

Writing with correct spelling is all about avoiding words you cannot spell.

: 18 Apr 2005 00:45 |  Tags: Language |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem