The ‘SS James Longstreet after long use as a target ship’ in Cape Cod Bay off Eastham MA. from http://www.armed-guard.com/calen3.html, the Liberty Ship site.

The Scottish Seabird Centre, Bass Rock, & RLS: ‘The Bass Rock also provides the setting for one of the great supernatural tales of Scottish literature. The masterly story-teller, Robert Louis Stevenson, mentions the rock in 'The Tale of Tod Lapraik' a chapter from his novel Catriona.

Among Robert Louis Stevenson's earliest childhood memories was his first train journey from Waverley Station in Edinburgh to North Berwick for the family holiday. His grandfather's house at Anchor Villa was idea for exploring the beaches and coves, climbing rocks, fishing and campfires at the Leithies and Seacliff with his nanny 'Cummie'. It was at Scoughall Farm on the mainland opposite the Bass that Stevenson spent several boyhood holidays as the land belonged to his relatives, the Dale family. It was here in front of the farmhouse fire that the young Stevenson first heard the story of how the 'Pagans of Scoughall' on wild stormy nights, lured sailing ships onto the rocky reef called the Great Car by displaying misleading lantern lights. This gave Stevenson the idea for his story called 'The Wreckers'.

The novelist's grandfather, Robert Stevenson was appointed Engineer to the Lighthouse Commissioners in 1808 and the Civil Engineering company he founded, designed and constructed the lighthouse on the Bass (1902) and Fidra (1885). The Bass Rock Lighthouse was manned by three keepers until 1988 when it was automated. Today the Bass remains in the ownership of Sir Hew Hamilton-Dalrymple.’

This is the Micro$oft off-site link icon: (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/images/offsite-ico.gif).

The following hoax pages are good to check out when you get an inflammatory piece of 'net detritus: HOAXES, MYTHS, URBAN LEGENDS, & OVERBLOWN THREATS
http://www.kumite.com/myths/	Rob Rosenberger's Computer Virus Myths
http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html	DoE Computer Incident Advisory Capability internet hoaxes
http://urbanlegends.about.com/	About.com Urban Legends & Folklore (lists many of the other sites)
http://206.129.0.238/~larry/rumorcontrol/	Larry Gilbert's Rumor Control page
URBAN LEGENDS
http://www.snopes.com/	Urban Legends Reference Page
http://www.lycos.com/wguide/wire/wire_484526_88215_3_1.html	Lycos Urban Legends
CHAIN LETTERS
http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACChainLetters.html	DoE Computer Incident Advisory Capability internet chain-letters
http://chainletters.org/	Internet chain-letters
SECURITY
http://www.cert.org/	CERT Coordination Center - tracks real internet security breaches

I yam what I yam, and that's all what I yam…

Verizon Area Codes - Massachusetts

Salon.com: cryptography

Crypto for the people — In Steven Levy's new book, paranoid freedom fighters armed with weapons of encryption face off against Big Brother | By Andrew Leonard | Salon.com | 2001/01/24

Twilight of the crypto-geeks — Lone-wolf digital libertarians are beginning to abandon their faith in technology uber alles and espouse suspiciously socialist-sounding ideas | By Ellen Ullman | Salon.com | 2000/04/13

Free encription takes a big step — Describes Linux FreeS/WAN. | By Andrew Leonard | Salon.com | 1999/04/16

The Ten Bugs in the Known Universe (©1996 A.J. Lowe). MultiMedia People say, “Taken from the website of Andy Lowe some time in 1999. Where are you now, Andy?”

“Charles Williams Jr. was a manufacturer of telegraph instruments in Boston. It was in Williams' shop that Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Watson experimented with the telephone. It was here that they heard the first sound transmitted by phone on June 2, 1875. Williams' residence in Somerville was the first residence in the world to have permanent telephone service, connecting his home with his shop in Boston. Williams had telephone numbers 1 and 2 of the Bell Telephone System.”

Entrepeneurs want:

Books: Clockspeed by Charles Fine | Information Rules by Carl Shapiro & Hal R. Varian | Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen | Survival of the Smartest: Managing Information for Rapid Action and World-Class Performance by Haim Mendelson & Johannes Ziegler

Sites: Business 2.0 | FastCompany | Telephony (key sites) | Computer Telephony | Harvard Business Review

Big Six accounting firms: Arthur Andersen | PriceWaterhouseCoopers | Deloitte & Touche | Ernst and Young | KPMG | Price Waterhouse

Big Nine consulting firms: Accenture | Arthur D. Little | A. T. Kearney | Bain & Company | Booz Allen & Hamilton | Boston Consulting Group | McKinsey | Mercer Management Consulting | Monitor

Words made from 74663-77355 by PhoneSpell.org.

http://www.junkbusters.com/
http://www.activism.net/cypherpunk/
http://www.csua.berkeley.edu/cypherpunks/Home.html

What if Speech Were First? — Key-bored technology can transform how we control computers — or more likely, turn us into mindless finger-licking automatons. | By Larry Allen (a spoof of this)

The COCOMO (COnstructive COst MOdel) suite from University of Southern California Center for Software Engineering.

As promised...

Sun Java resources:

Java 2 (JDK 1.2) home: http://www.javasoft.com/products/jdk/1.2/
Download the Lose32 version of JDK 1.2.2: http://www.javasoft.com/products/jdk/1.2/download-windows.html
Java 1.2 (on-line) documentation: http://www.javasoft.com/products/jdk/1.2/docs/
Java 1.2 on-line package documentation: http://www.javasoft.com/products/jdk/1.2/docs/api/overview-summary.html
Java Tutorial: http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/

Non-Sun on-line resources:

Marty Hall's Java Programming Resources: http://www.apl.jhu.edu/~hall/java/
Java Lobby: http://www.javalobby.org/
Robert Hurd's CodeCollection Java source: http://www.codecollection.com/java/source/
The Giant Java Tree source code: http://www.gjt.org/pkgdoc/tree/
Cliff Berg's DDJ Java source code: http://www.digitalfocus.com/ddj/code/
Java in a Nutshell Examples source code: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/jenut/examples/
FreeCode Java: http://www.freecode.com/cgi-bin/search.pl?query=java
EarthWeb Java: http://www.developer.com/downloads/freeware/java.html
Peter Ellehauge's Java resources: http://www.triathlon.dk/triguy/java/
Cygnus Java compiler (FYI): http://sourceware.cygnus.com/java/

Java Books:

Start with _Java in a Nutshell_: http://www.ora.com/catalog/javanut3/

Emacs resources (especially for Java):

The JDE page: http://sunsite.auc.dk/jde/
The Lose32 Emacs download page: http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/voelker/ntemacs.html
The Gnu Emacs page: http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/

Python resources:

Everything: http://www.python.org/

If you have any questions, just ask!

======================================================================

> Example, gcd (2520, 154)
>
> 2520 = 154 (16) + 56
> 154 = 56(2) + 42
> 56 = 42(1) + 14
> 42 = 14(3) + 0

Oh those clever Greeks...

I attach our recent hacks _plus_ a GCD implementation. The Gcd class probably ought to have a static method for gcd( n1, n2 ) & _no_ instance variables (fields). This version kinda has both. What do you think?

%MY_JAVA%\java.bat:

: Set up these environment variables appropriate to your file system
SET MY_JAVA=c:\temp\java
SET JAVA_HOME=c:\work\jdk1.2.2
SET CLASSPATH=%JAVA_HOME%\jre\lib\rt.jar;%MY_JAVA%

: Move to the source code directory (%MY_JAVA%\test)
CD %MY_JAVA%\test

: Compile source code
%JAVA_HOME%\bin\javac Test.java Gcd.java

: Run resulting classes
%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java test.Test -s 123456
%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java test.Gcd 2520 154


%MY_JAVA%\test\Test.java:

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// test.Test
//
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

package test;

public class Test {

Test( int seed ) {
java.util.Random rand = new java.util.Random( seed );
for ( int i = 1; i < 10; ++i ) {
System.out.println( rand.nextInt( ) );
}
}

static void usage( ) {
System.out.println( "usage: java test.Test -s SEED" );
System.exit( -1 );
}

public static void main ( String[ ] args ) {

int seed = 12345;

// Parse the command line argument.
try {
for ( int i = 0; i < args.length; ++i ) {
if ( args[ i ].startsWith( "-" ) ) {
// Process command-line switch arguments.
if( args[ i ].startsWith( "-s" ) ) {
seed = Integer.parseInt( args[ ++i ] );
continue;
}
}
// Invalid command-line switch.
usage( );
}
}
catch ( NumberFormatException e ) {
usage( );
}

Test test = new Test( seed );
}
}


%MY_JAVA%\test\Gcd.java:

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// test.Gcd
//
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

package test;

public class Gcd {

// Fields

int n1; // first integer
int n2; // second integer

// Constructors.

Gcd( int n1, int n2 ) {
this.n1 = java.lang.Math.max( n1, n2 ); // initialize first integer
this.n2 = java.lang.Math.min( n1, n2 ); // initialize second integer
}

// Methods.

public int gcd( ) {
return ( gcd( n1, n2 ) );
}

public int gcd( int n1, int n2 ) {
int modulus = n1 % n2; // saves one division if n1 > n2
if ( modulus == 0 ) {
return ( n2 );
}
else {
return ( gcd( n2, modulus ) );
}
}

static void usage( ) {
System.out.println( "usage: java test.Gcd INT1 INT2" );
System.exit( -1 );
}

public static void main ( String[ ] args ) {

int n1 = 2520;
int n2 = 154;

// Parse the command line argument.
try {
for ( int i = 0; i < args.length; ++i ) {
if ( args[ i ].startsWith( "-" ) ) {
// Process command-line switch arguments.
}
else {
// Process two command-line numerical arguments.
n1 = Integer.parseInt( args[ i++ ] );
n2 = Integer.parseInt( args[ i++ ] );
continue;
}
// Invalid command-line switch.
usage( );
}
}
catch ( java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException e ) {
usage( );
}
catch ( java.lang.NumberFormatException e ) {
usage( );
}

Gcd gcd = new Gcd( n1, n2 );
System.out.println( "test.Gcd: " +
"GCD( " + n1 + ", " + n2 + " ) = " + gcd.gcd( ) );
}
}


When I ran JAVA.BAT (after installing jdk1.2.2 in %JAVA_HOME% & these *.java files in %MY_JAVA%) I got the following output:

C:\temp\java\test>..\java.bat

C:\temp\java\test>SET MY_JAVA=c:\temp\java

C:\temp\java\test>SET JAVA_HOME=c:\work\jdk1.2.2

C:\temp\java\test>SET CLASSPATH=c:\work\jdk1.2.2\jre\lib\rt.jar;c:\temp\java

C:\temp\java\test>CD c:\temp\java\test

C:\temp\java\test>c:\work\jdk1.2.2\bin\javac Test.java Gcd.java

C:\temp\java\test>c:\work\jdk1.2.2\bin\java test.Test -s 123456
1774763047
-506496402
-41169962
2018695370
1083428877
298499967
-1264165101
1316144193
315415608

C:\temp\java\test>c:\work\jdk1.2.2\bin\java test.Gcd 2520 154
test.Gcd: GCD( 2520, 154 ) = 14

Have fun!

- dcp

p.s. Once you have the GCD then:

// LCM is the least common multiple of n1 & n2
public int lcm( int n1, int n2 ) {
return ( n1 * n2 / gcd( n1, n2 ) );
}

Doug Lea's page is an excellent place to start with patterns & Java. I adopted his Sample Java Coding Standard and it worked well.

Waba on SourceForge. “Waba is a small, efficient and reliable Java Virtual Machine (VM) aimed at portable devices (but also runnable on desktop computers), written by Rick Wild of Wabasoft. The Waba VM is an open source project.”

The following hoax pages are good to check out when you get an inflammatory
piece of 'net detritus:

HOAXES, MYTHS, URBAN LEGENDS, & OVERBLOWN THREATS
http://www.kumite.com/myths/ Rob Rosenberger's Computer Virus Myths
http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html DoE Computer Incident Advisory
Capability internet hoaxes
http://urbanlegends.about.com/ About.com Urban Legends & Folklore
(lists many of the other sites)
http://206.129.0.238/~larry/rumorcontrol/ Larry Gilbert's Rumor Control page

URBAN LEGENDS
http://www.snopes.com/ Urban Legends Reference Page
http://www.lycos.com/wguide/wire/wire_484526_88215_3_1.html Lycos Urban Legends

CHAIN LETTERS
http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACChainLetters.html DoE Computer Incident Advisory
Capability internet chain-letters
http://chainletters.org/ Internet chain-letters

SECURITY
http://cve.mitre.org/ Mitre's common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVE) list
http://www.cert.org/ CERT Coordination Center - tracks real internet security breaches
http://www.cerias.purdue.edu/ Purdue Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security
http://xforce.iss.net/ Internet Security Systems XForce database
http://www.ntbugtraq.com/ Russ Cooper's NT Bug database
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/ Security Focus vulnerability database

COMMERCIAL ANTI-VIRUS
http://vil.nai.com/villib/alpha.asp Network Associates' Virus Library
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/ Symantec AntiVirus Research Center

CHARLES LAQUIDARA'S BIG MATTRESS - INTERNET SAVY 1007
http://www.bigmattress.com/internet%20savvy.htm

M$ VIRUSWARE
Neeed M$ Word macro virus references...
http://www.ntbugtraq.com/default.asp?sid=1&pid=47&aid=56 Outlook FAQ
http://vil.nai.com/vil/vm10132.asp Melissa
http://vil.nai.com/vil/vbs10418.asp Bubbleboy

Extreme Programming (XP) can be investigated at xprogramming.com & armaties.com (Ron Jefferies — co-author of the pink book), extremeprogramming.org (J. Donovan Wells' more page is particularly good), XP Wiki (Ward Cunningham's Portland Patern Repository; see Why Wiki Works). And, of course, the white, pink, green, blue, red, and Refactoring books.

Cool stuff from AT&T Laboratories Cambridge (part of the AT&T Labs Research organisation… approximately 50 research staff are employed… at facilities in central Cambridge, England) include: VNC (virtual network computing) & omniORB (“a robust, high-performance CORBA 2 ORB”). Can't live without 'em!

Investors talk up voice recognition | By J.T. Farley | Upside.com Hardware / Software | 2001/04/25 | “But it may be too early for SpeechWorks to claim victory. "I wouldn't say that either [SpeechWorks or Nuance] has a clear lead at all," said Ladenberg Thalmann analyst Donald Newman. [...] He notes that it is not a two-horse race, as both these companies are still competing with scandal-plagued, bankrupt Belgian competitor Lernout & Hauspie. "Lernout is a big player in this market and you can't write it off. It is expected to come out of [bankruptcy] reorganization some time in the fall, and there's no question that it has very good technology and a good management team," Newman said.”

My sister-in-law works for USGS & pointed me to the Myth of the Martyred Mapmaker (with links to the related Doonesbury comics) | By Michael Grunwold | Washington Post | Page A01 | 2001/05/21

From the The Thermometer Man I received my Bell & Howell Qualified Projectionist certification.

What is the Difference Between a Sweetpotato and a Yam? And you thought they were the same!

Signatures lines I have admired:

No electrons were harmed in the making of this message.

¡Forward in all directions! — 3 Mustaphas 3

from standard.disclaimer import *
Tired of waiting for that clever e-mail? Just go to CoolSigs.com.

I got 37 out of 40 on the Nerd Quiz 2.0.1 (from Discovery Channel Canada). I scored 0x0D0 (= Hacker) on the Hacker Test, but I only got 55 on the Nerd Test (both from AllegedlyFunny.com). I guess I don't look like a nerd, even though I know more than sixteen computer languages.
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My GEEK CODE BLOCK decoded.

In the face of 107% price increases, how credible is Bill Gate$' statement? And let's not forget: “Another sign of a healthy competitive industry is lower prices. The statistics show that the cost of computing has decreased 10 million-fold since 1971. That's the equivalent of getting a Boeing 747 for the price of a pizza. Consumers see the results of this innovation and falling prices in software today.” I guess that 747 is going to cost you two pizzas.

What better way to spend Mothers Day than listening to Frank? Check out the new music.

Thanks to a friend, I just discovered the Boston Table Tennis Center (though it wasn't an easy place to find. They have interesting links, including the top equipment makers: Butterfly, Donic, Joola, and Stiga. Who knew there was so much to it? At the Boston center, I learned that the rules may change to best-of-seven eleven point games with two serves-per-player (though I could find nothing on ITTF or USATT or About.com about it).

A note from Bell Labs on the Other Unix. “UNIX® [is] the essential partner for eyespot or rynchosporium control in barley.” I particularly like the diapers.

Coad Letter Index from the Together Community — from TogetherSoft.

Zaplet means "entanglement" in Serbo-Croation.

Blog for the John M. Tobin School.

Code Book Cipher Challenge Solutions. Solved by Fredrik Almgren, Gunnar Andersson, Lars Ivansson,
Torbjörn Granlund, and Staffan Ulfberg.

Cyclists Gear Ratio Calculation Software, GearCalcPro, helped me calculate the proper gearing for my new one-speed.

‘Minesweeper is NP-complete!’ — from Richard Kaye's minesweeper page. (See also the Clay Mathematics Institute prizes.)

“How did you do that? You move like they do. I've never seen anyone fall on their ass that fast.” — Bastardization of The Matrix as if The Matrix were done by the you've got mail crowd.

The Wonderful Tar-Baby Story: Uncle Remus (Joel Chandler Harris, 1880) & not in dialect (Retold by Catharine Farrell from a story retold by Joel Chandler Harris).