I’m currently taking CPSC 430 and one of the requirements is to keep a journal throughout the term. I will be blogging here my class notes, thoughts, and links as they come up that are relevant to the course material. Also, see the other posts in the CPSC 430 category. Class Notes for today: Kantianism – duty to respect others as rational beings Utilitarianism – consequences Social contract – collective rights Can mix duties, rights, consequences when evaluating Bayesian filters – similarity Can detect “huge profits” ~ “massive profits” Synonyms Grey listing – send “please send later” to spammer. Disadvantages Continue Reading
CPSC 430 – June 28, 2010
I’m currently taking CPSC 430 and one of the requirements is to keep a journal throughout the term. I will be blogging here my class notes, thoughts, and links as they come up that are relevant to the course material. Also, see the other posts in the CPSC 430 category. Today we covered more of the ethical theories we started last week. This unit is all about adapting ancient lines of thought with our new technology. Ethical Egoism ~ Alan Greenspan ~ Ayn Rand E.g., acting to maximize own profit Ref – Richard Dawkins – The Selfish Gene Altruistic behavior Continue Reading
CPSC 430 – June 25, 2010
I’m currently taking CPSC 430 and one of the requirements is to keep a journal throughout the term. I will be blogging here my class notes, thoughts, and links as they come up that are relevant to the course material. CPSC 430 entitled “Computers and Society” isn’t a typical computer science course which involves programming or mathematics. In fact, I don’t think there is any programming involved at all. It resembles a TOK class I had in high school in the way that theories and controversial ideas are brought up and discussed and debated. The course description from the course Continue Reading
Chrome
I have been using Google Chrome for six months and so far it has been an awesome. It beats any other browser I have run on my laptop in terms of speed. Opening a tab on Chrome takes less than a second whereas on IE sometimes it hangs up to 15 seconds before a new tab is usable. Pages load many times faster. The memory footprint is much nicer than FireFox. Chrome gives me a lot more viewing space. No toolbars for stuff I don’t need. A status bar only appears in the corner when information is presented. No Continue Reading
How many monitors is enough?
Someday I’d like a room like this: 🙂 The details of the office can be found on his site. Six monitors, three computers in the office, and more in the network closet. I currently have 2 monitors on my desk plus my laptop. In addition I have a desktop computer under my desk. How many monitors/computers do you have on your desk?