highlights:
machine learning
graphics
image processing
information theory
December 23, 2006
vison relationship map
December 22, 2006
The battle for wireless network drivers
The battle for wireless network drivers
Written by Jem Matzan
Dec 20, 2006 at 08:52 PM
BSD and Linux programmers have had a lot of success in creating drivers for new computer hardware in a timely manner, but much of their effort has been without the support of major hardware manufacturers. Intel, Marvell, Texas Instruments and Broadcom, though separate and competing entities, seem by one consent to prevent non-Microsoft operating systems from working properly with some of their most widely-used network chips. To find out more about this situation, I interviewed representatives from network chip manufacturers and programmers from free software operating systems. Their answers are below.
Read more at
http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/293/
这里面关键的问题是firmware逐渐由存储在hardware变为由software写入
从而使得reverse engineering impractical.
Related links: fireware
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firmware
December 21, 2006
知之者不如好之者，好之者不如乐之者。
Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life.
December 18, 2006
开心果 — pistachio
Pistachio nuts on the tree.
Paramount Farms orchards are located in California’s famous San Joaquin Valley �C a region whose climate and soil are ideal for growing the distinctive pistachio Kerman variety.
http://www.sunkistpistachios.com/about_us.html
December 17, 2006
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December 3, 2006
common English
enjoy the moon [赏月]
forget it! [拉倒吧]
clear up worries and problems [排忧解难]
Dogs can communicate with human. [狗通人性]
the horizontal bar [单杠]
the parallel bars [双杠]
the flying rings [吊环]
the steel wire [钢丝]
the balance beam [平衡木]
saving the best for the last [好的东西总在最后]
