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I can't remember all the things that have happened in the past few months. The most profound single statement came last week.
"Tree climbing is a lost art."
That came from an arborist that was trimming trees around power lines. It's a rather deep statement considerign that kids just dont' climb trees or have any trees in their shiney new neighbothoods. The feel of game controllers has replaced the rough scars of climbing bark. Wonder if this will be the panzy generation.
I'm currently sitting in a "Combating Cybercrime" conference jointly sponsored by NCSA and the FBI. The first slide today (day 2) compares cybersecurity today to the keystone cops. Yesterday alot of the discussion surrounded the case I was involved in (Remember to tell the Canopy Club story) and it amazed me how much effort it took to find one teenager in Sweden.
Piper Down (FBI Major case 216)
The Canopy club was one of the hopoff points for this sweedish teenager during his attacks. On the day we were monitoring, we could watch him launch an attack against NASA moffett field. As I heard from the US District Attorney for the area, this specific incident was discussed in a meeting on the 6h floor of the US Dept of Justice in DC. There were apparently alot of offers from the military security branches that were present to personally monitor "the system at the nightclub".
ok, the window is open and I'm already typing, I'll just put my notes here.
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www.ncasser.org
FLAIM framework can anonymize header log information
Scrub-PA Process account anonymization
CANINE converter & Anonyzer for investigating netflow events
Sakai is the base for the ncasser security coloboration tool. ncasser is working to improve the security of the Sakai framework.
Bioterrorism (Infection Disease)
Syndromic Surveillance
*early warning signs of an outbreak
*emergency room symptoms
*medication purchases
*school absenteeism
*orange juice & chicken soup purchases
rbutler at ncsa.uiuc.edu
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Von Welch
* "Your biggest securiy problem is the one that's not yours. "
* Prevent -> Detection -> Response
* Cannot prevent becasue the systems would be unusable. There will allwasy be an incident.
* SELS - Secure Email List Service
** Traditional mail encryption schemes work one-2-tone, clumsy for groups
** Digital Signatures and HMACs where list server discards any message noe sent by valid subscriber
* MITHRIL
** Isolated incident or coordinated attack?
** Correlate events to automatically maintain sense of "Threat level"
** Goal is to automatically adapt security according to threat level.
* Credential Managmant
**Users are poor at managing electronic credentials such as digital keys
** Hardware tokes are possible solution, but not allways practical
** Crediential managment aloes for these credentials to be managed for the user
*** by professional IT staff in secure rooms
** MyProxy
*** X.509 Security token service
** Secure Shell Key Managment
*** Interesting project, but not much detail presented. Investigate further.
** NCSA generates 5gb of logs a day.. but stores for months.
** http://security.ncsa.uiuc.edu/research
Michael Welge
RiverGlass in town company sellign security tools based on NCSA research.
*Agencies increasingly chalenged my complex investigations traversing both territorial and jurisdictional boundaries.
*System deployed at Il State Police.
*Problem: Saturation and redundancy of alert messages. Causes "Data saturation"
*Multimodal data causes data overload. Sensors, emails, video, newsfeeds, etc..
*Integrate data sources -> Summarize facts -> Discover patterns -> Priotorize threats -> Document, Collaborate, Operationalize
*System watches/reads websites & blogs for postings regarding events.
**Example was watching for any data surrounding the term "Peroxide" and placing geographic location
*WOW.. example further showed how much data about individuals is out there and how they can cooralate this data together in a easy to use GUI.
*Just looked up their website http://www.riverglassinc.com
* hehe, Talk just finished and the FBI guys are all over Michael about the product. Looks like I just sat through a sales demonstration and didn't even know it.
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The final session consists of three attornies in a panel session. One comment made was regarding how much press, attention, wailing should be done about a potential security issue. Congress reacts to the opinion of the public. The public has a vary short attention span. Can you recall what was headline news exactly 6 months prior to today? Houw about 12 months prior? If there's not strong public opinoin and pressure to act now.. and if a decision is not made now, it's chances for success fall greatly with time.
Closing remarks.. expanding infraguard is the preferred mechanism for the FBI to readh out to industry. Tiered approach? Tier what? Meet quarterly.
Oh lord, here we go again.
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Every year some people look forward to the new fall TV season. It's no different in Academia, where every fall the political games begin anew. ..and every fall I try to find a way to just get things done despite the best effort of our political players.
Even so, this is still a great season with research and implementations taking the top two priority spots. We'll be doing some new things with data navigation and playing in the information warfare space a bit more. There also some excitement with storage aggregation coming too. Should be fun.
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Interesting things that happened today:
VoIP Phones are operational with graphics. Spent some time with Steve to get the graphics and animations functioning properly on the Polycom phones. Looks very promising.
All Macintosh servers are operational! Finally got a good back load of OSX 10.3.6 for Oracle -with- onboard hardware RAID for all internal drives. Very neat and substantial praise for Big Hurt for taking this on so quickly. From Windows to a real os in ony a month, not bad at all ;-)
Played with a PCMCIA wireless cell phone/broadband internet thingie. Old technology, but major cool to get connectivity in the middle of nowhere. Wonder what the monthly charge is for unlimited data on one of these?
Futher progress on risk assessment for Zebre conversion. Oh yah, need to put up a major entry for [[Zebre]]. Suppose I should define what it is first. 9.4.5 [[Zebre]] entry added.
..and next to last, I played with the software to create this. This stems from Mr. Pratte's idea of issuing a thumb drive to every student. If we pre-load the drives with a single HTML file that contains almost every bit of information they could possibly need for the semester, we may get alot of buy in as it being useful. Notice that you can save the source of this page, modify it, and create your own instantly.. all in one file on any platform. Very cool.
I have a 5pm appointment with Sven.
**6pm update.. Sven kicked my ass.
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We've put our admin group on display for the holidays. I'm not sure about the viewing hours. =)
There's nothing more interesting than to see the world through other people's eyes. On my first visit to the UK, I thought I would encounter people with a similar mindset that just spoke with a different accent. Boy what a surprise, the view really is different on the other side of the pond and not just on the surface but a deeply different approach to any situation. So, here I am torn between the egotistical experience that is blogging, and yet needing to improve my conversational writing skills. How does one publish without appearing like a bragabon to friends and colleagues? No doubt those of you who know me and are reading this will ponder if I'm full of it or trying to impress or whatever. Bring it up, send an email, call, etc.. I don't mind and I'd rather hear that you think I'm an idiot to my face then hear it on the grapevine. Hopefully everyone else out there will just enjoy the view from another angle.
It's been a while since I've added anything. The hardest part of this app is updating the file on the server. ..well I finally made sshfs work on my mac leopard beta so this is so much easier I have no excuses.
What's up with Grad school and writing a small novella every week and two complete books every semester? I've gotten used to reading little stories to my kids so anything over 10 pages not filled with pastel drawings on every page is strange now. Yes, this does include Cisco technical documents or Blackboard contracts, they use the same wording, just not the good pictures, colors, or shimmering ink. It would be one thing if the topics were something I could apply, but apparently I'm doing things in the proper order as usual. [>img[http://farm1.static.flickr.com/172/434083620_ddcd039f85_m.jpg]] I'm somewhat envious of all those young kids in class who are eager to absorb this information thinking that these fine textbooks are an accurate description of what they have to look forward to in just a few years. I have yet to see a curriculum that contains an office politics 1001 class with a family time management thesis option. All this advanced study and not one chapter on dealing with the pushy department head two divisions over that wants you to do the work while he takes the credit. I suppose that's what real life is for.. but why do I want this degree again? ;-)
The words Spring Break usually bring to mind parties on the beach and fun in the sun. Just got back from an adventure with the family but unfortunately it was a working trip for me. I knew it was going to be a challenge, but never did I imagine what would come up. Leave it to me to bumble into the land of no sleep and constant travel while trying to make the effort to learn things. Everyone else had a good time while I tried to balance work and home and away from home and sleep at the same time. No regrets though, it's more of that life learning that you can't get in a classroom.
Black friday sucks. Just woke up at 3am to get a Wal-Mart "deal".. it's 6am now, I'm back home no deal in hand. "Not available in all stores".. then why advertise it at all!!
The worst part.. I know it was going to happen, it allways does. Why do I even try.
There's an indian saying that whatever you're doing on New Year's day is what you'l be doing all year long. I've allways taken the position that if you really look at whatever you're doing on any given day where you make the majority of the choices, it's a good sign of what's to come. Today was my birthday, and I spent 5 hours of it in a car shuttling myself and my children too and fro from grnadparents to Wife's events. What few hours I did spend at home was comsumed by folding clothes. Piles of clothes being the number one furnishing in our home, I'h hopeful that this s a sign that we are on track to clean the place up a bit. As I look around I can only pray that this is the case.
A curious note about the travel. I went 233 miles in 5.04 hours. The strange bit is I put in the lower grade fuel, 89 octane vs the usual 91, and my fuel mileage went up! From an average of 25mpg to 27mpg. I'm wondering if in the recent surge in demand for gas they didn't add the ethanol or something.
Suji did the rennasance fair in scenic Danville today. Fair looked fair, Danville looked like Danville. not too much more to say about that.
We got home at 3am thismorning after spending the evening of the 2nd at the Canopy. It's so good to hang with old friends that are in many ways a family. I think none of us wanted it to end which is all the more reason to do it more often.
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301 Useless Facts
1. Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) was born on and died on days when Halley’s Comet can be seen. During his life he predicted that he would die when it could be seen.
2. US Dollar bills are made out of cotton and linen.
3. The “57″ on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of pickle types the company once had.
4. Americans are responsible for about 1/5 of the world’s garbage annually. On average, that’s 3 pounds a day per person.
5. Giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels.
6. Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks so that it doesn’t digest itself.
7. 98% of all murders and rapes are by a close family member or friend of the victim.
8. A B-25 bomber crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
9. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper.
10. The dot over the letter “i” is called a tittle.
11. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.
12. Benjamin Franklin was the fifth in a series of the youngest son of the youngest son.
13. Triskaidekaphobia means fear of the number 13. Paraskevidekatriaphobia means fear of Friday the 13th (which occurs one to three times a year). In Italy, 17 is considered an unlucky number. In Japan, 4 is considered an unlucky number.
14. A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.
15. All the chemicals in a human body combined are worth about 6.25 euro (if sold separately).
16. In ancient Rome, when a man testified in court he would swear on his testicles.
17. The ZIP in “ZIP code” means Zoning Improvement Plan.
18. Coca-Cola contained Coca (whose active ingredient is cocaine) from 1885 to 1903.
19. A “2 by 4″ is really 1 1/2 by 3 1/2.
20. It’s estimated that at any one time around 0.7% of the world’s population is drunk.
21. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades = David ; Clubs = Alexander the Great ; Hearts = Charlemagne ; Diamonds = Caesar
22. 40% of McDonald’s profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
23. Every person, including identical twins, has a unique eye and tongue print along with their finger print.
24. The “spot” on the 7-Up logo comes from its inventor who had red eyes. He was an albino.
25. 315 entries in Webster’s 1996 dictionary were misspelled.
26. The “save” icon in Microsoft Office programs shows a floppy disk with the shutter on backwards.
27. Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin both married their first cousins (Elsa Löwenthal and Emma Wedgewood respectively).
28. Camel’s have three eyelids.
29. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents every day.
30. John Wilkes Booth’s brother once saved the life of Abraham Lincoln’s son.
31. Warren Beatty and Shirley McLaine are brother and sister.
32. Chocolate can kill dogs; it directly affects their heart and nervous system.
33. Daniel Boone hated coonskin caps.
34. Playing cards were issued to British pilots in WWII. If captured, they could be soaked in water and unfolded to reveal a map for escape.
35. 55.1% of all US prisoners are in prison for drug offenses.
36. Most lipstick contains fish scales.
37. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark’s stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.
38. Dr. Seuss pronounced his name “soyce”.
39. Slugs have four noses.
40. Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.
41. The Three Wise Monkeys have names: Mizaru (See no evil), Mikazaru (Hear no evil), and Mazaru (Speak no evil).
42. India has a Bill of Rights for cows.
43. If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die. If you keep your eyes open by force, they can pop out. (DON’T TRY IT, DUMBASS)
44. During the California gold rush of 1849, miners sent their laundry to Honolulu for washing and pressing. Due to the extremely high costs in California during these boom years, it was deemed more feasible to send their shirts to Hawaii for servicing.
45. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by taking out an olive from First Class salads.
46. About 200,000,000 M&Ms are sold each day in the United States.
47. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
48. Over a course of about eleven years, the sun’s magnetic poles switch places. This cycle is called “Solarmax”.
49. There are 318,979,564,000 possible combinations of the first four moves in Chess.
50. Upper and lower case letters are named “upper” and “lower” because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the upper case letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the lower case letters.
51. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.
52. The numbers “172″ can be found on the back of the US 5 dollar bill, in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln Memorial.
53. Coconuts kill about 150 people each year. That’s more than sharks.
54. Half of all bank robberies take place on a Friday.
55. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan. There was never a recorded Wendy before it.
56. The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.
57. The first bomb the Allies dropped on Berlin in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
58. The average raindrop falls at 7 miles per hour.
59. It took Leonardo Da Vinci 10 years to paint Mona Lisa. He never signed or dated the painting. Leonardo and Mona had identical bone structures according to the painting. X-ray images have shown that there are 3 other versions under the original.
60. If you put a drop of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
61. Bruce Lee was so fast that they had to slow the film down so you could see his moves.
62. The largest amount of money you can have without having change for a dollar is $1.19 (3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 4 pennies cannot be divided into a dollar).
63. The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the USA”.
64. IBM’s motto is “Think”. Apple later made their motto “Think different”.
65. The mask used by Michael Myers in the original “Halloween” was actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white, due to low budget.
66. The original name for butterfly was flutterby.
67. The phrase “rule of thumb” is derived from an old English law, which stated that you couldn’t beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
68. One in fourteen women in America is a natural blonde. Only one in sixteen men is.
69. The Olympic was the sister ship of the Titanic, and she provided twenty-five years of service.
70. When the Titanic sank, 2228 people were on it. Only 706 survived.
71. In America, someone is diagnosed with AIDS every 10 minutes. In South Africa, someone dies due to HIV or AIDS every 10 minutes.
72. Every day, 7% of the US eats at McDonald’s.
73. The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was Victrola, which Motorola got their name from.
74. In the US, about 127 million adults are overweight or obese; worldwide, 750 million are overweight and 300 million more are obese. In the US, 15% of children in elementary school are overweight; 20% are worldwide.
75. In Disney’s Fantasia, the Sorcerer to whom Mickey played an apprentice was named Yensid (Disney spelled backward).
76. During his entire life, Vincent Van Gogh sold exactly one painting, “Red Vineyard at Arles”.
77. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand.
78. One in ten people live on an island.
79. It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.
80. 28% of Africa is classified as wilderness. In North America, its 38%.
81. Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.
82. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
83. Sherlock Holmes NEVER said “Elementary, my dear Watson”, Humphrey Bogart NEVER said “Play it again, Sam” in Casablanca, and they NEVER said “Beam me up, Scotty” on Star Trek.
84. An old law in Bellingham, Washington, made it illegal for a woman to take more than 3 steps backwards while dancing.
85. Sharon Stone was the first Star Search spokes model.
86. The sound you here when you put a seashell next to your ear is not the ocean, but blood flowing through your head.
87. More people are afraid of open spaces (kenophobia) than of tight spaces (claustrophobia).
88. The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher.
89. There is a 1 in 4 chance that New York will have a white Christmas.
90. The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.
91. Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
92. Back in the mid to late ’80s, an IBM compatible computer wasn’t considered 100% compatible unless it could run Microsoft’s Flight Simulator.
93. $203,000,000 is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
94. Every US president has worn glasses (just not always in public).
95. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.
96. Jim Henson first coined the word “Muppet”. It is a combination of “marionette” and “puppet.”
97. The names of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with (not counting the words “North” and “South).
98. The Michelin man is known as Mr. Bib. His name was Bibendum in the company’s first ads in 1896.
99. About 20% of bird species have become extinct in the past 200 years, almost all of them because of human activity.
100. The word “lethologica” describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.
101. About 14% of injecting drug users are HIV positive.
102. A word or sentence that is the same front and back (racecar, kayak) is called a “palindrome”.
103. A snail can sleep for 3 years.
104. People photocopying their buttocks are the cause of 23% of all photocopier faults worldwide.
105. China has more English speakers than the United States.
106. Finnish folklore says that when Santa comes to Finland to deliver gifts, he leaves his sleigh behind and rides on a goat named Ukko instead. According to French tradition, Santa Claus has a brother named Bells Nichols, who visits homes on New Year’s Eve after everyone is asleep, and if a plate is set out for him, he fills it with cookies and cakes.
107. One in every 9000 people is an albino.
108. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
109. You share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world.
110. Everyday, more money is printed for Monopoly sets than for the U.S. Treasury.
111. Every year 4 people in the UK die putting their trousers on.
112. Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds; dogs only have about ten.
113. Our eyes are always the same size from birth but our nose and ears never stop growing.
114. In every episode of “Seinfeld” there is a Superman picture or reference somewhere.
115. If Barbie were life-size her measurements would be 39-23-33. She would stand seven feet two inches tall and have a neck twice the length of a normal human’s neck.
116. Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over million descendants.
117. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
118. Each year in America there are about 300,000 deaths that can be attributed to obesity.
119. About 55% of all movies are rated R.
120. About 500 movies are made in the US and 800 in India annually.
121. Arabic numerals are not really Arabic; they were created in India.
122. Title 14, Section 1211 of the Code of Federal Regulations (implemented on July 16, 1969) makes it illegal for U.S. citizens to have any contact with extraterrestrials or their vehicles.
123. The February of 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
124. The Pentagon in Arlington Virginia has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary. When it was built in the 1940s the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites.
125. There is actually no danger in swimming right after you eat, though it may feel uncomfortable.
126. The cruise liner Queen Elizabeth II moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
127. More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.
128. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
129. There are about 2 chickens for every human in the world.
130. The word “maverick” came into use after Samuel Maverick, a Texan refused to brand his cattle. Eventually any unbranded calf became known as a Maverick.
131. Two-thirds of the world’s eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
132. For every memorial statue with a person on a horse, if the horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died of battle wounds; if all four of the horse’s legs are on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
133. On a Canadian two-dollar bill, the American flag is flying over the Parliament Building.
134. An American urologist bought Napoleon’s penis for $40,000.
135. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
136. Dreamt is the only English word that ends in the letters “MT”.
137. $283,200 is the absolute highest amount of money you can win on Jeopardy.
138. Almonds are members of the peach family.
139. Rats and horses can’t vomit.
140. The penguin is the only bird that can’t fly but can swim.
141. There are approximately 100 million acts of sexual intercourse each day.
142. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies room during a dance.
143. Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
144. There are only four words in the English language that end in “-dous”: tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
145. Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.
146. Every time you lick a stamp you consume 1/10 of a calorie.
147. “101 Dalmatians” and “Peter Pan” are the only Disney animations in which both of a character’s parents are present and don’t die during the movie.
148. You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.
149. Hedenophobic means fear of pleasure.
150. Ancient Egyptian priests would pluck every hair from their bodies.
151. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
152. Half of all crimes are committed by people under the age of 18. 80% of burglaries are committed by people aged 13-21.
153. An ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.
154. All polar bears are left-handed.
155. The catfish has over 27000 taste buds (more than any other animal)
156. A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to death.
157. Butterflies taste with their feet.
158. Elephants are the only mammals that cannot jump.
159. An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.
160. Starfish have no brains.
161. 11% of the world is left-handed.
162. John Hancock and Charles Thomson were the only people to sign the Declaration of independence on July 4th, 1776. The last signature came five years later.
163. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
164. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
165. The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses.
166. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
167. A healthy (non-colorblind) human eye can distinguish between 500 shades of gray.
168. A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.
169. Lizards can self-amputate their tails for protection. It grows back after a few months.
170. Los Angeles’ full name is “El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula”. It can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size: L.A.
171. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
172. A honeybee can fly at fifteen miles per hour.
173. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
174. A “jiffy” is the scientific name for 1/100th of a second.
175. The average child recognizes over 200 company logos by the time he enters first grade.
176. The youngest pope ever was 11 years old.
177. The first novel ever written on a typewriter is Tom Sawyer.
178. One out of every 43 prisoners escapes from jail. 94% are recaptured.
179. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
180. The average chocolate bar has 8 insects’ legs melted into it.
181. A rhinoceros horn is made of compacted hair.
182. The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.
183. Elwood Edwards did the voice for the AOL sound files (i.e. “You’ve got Mail!”). He is heard about 27 million times a day. The recordings were done before Quantum changed its name to AOL and the program was known as “Q-Link.”
184. A polar bears skin is black. Its fur is actually clear, but like snow it appears white.
185. Elvis had a twin brother named Garon, who died at birth, which is why Elvis middle name was spelled Aron, in honor of his brother.
186. Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
187. Donkeys kill more people than plane crashes.
188. Shakespeare invented the words “assassination” and “bump.”
189. There are a million ants for every person on Earth.
190. If you keep a goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.
191. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
192. The name Jeep comes from “GP”, the army abbreviation for General Purpose.
193. Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed people do.
194. There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
195. Cats’ urine glows under a black light.
196. A “quidnunc” is a person who is eager to know the latest news and gossip.
197. The first US Patent was for manufacturing potassium carbonate (used in glass and gunpowder). It was issued to Samuel Hopkins on July 31, 1970.
198. Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors, the helicopter, and many other present day items.
199. In the last 4000 years no new animals have been domesticated.
200. 25% of a human’s bones are in its feet.
201. David Sarnoff received the Titanic’s distress signal and saved hundreds of passengers. He later became the head of the first radio network, the National Broadcasting Company (NBC).
202. On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.
203. Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than every Nike factory worker in Malaysia combined.
204. One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today is because cotton growers in the ’30s lobbied against hemp farmers (they saw it as competition).
205. “Canada” is an Indian word meaning “Big Village”.
206. Only one in two billion people will live to be 116 or older.
207. If you yelled for 8 years 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.
208. Rape is reported every six minutes in the U.S.
209. The human heart creates enough pressure in the bloodstream to squirt blood 30 feet.
210. A jellyfish is 95% water.
211. Truck driving is the most dangerous occupation by accidental deaths (799 in 2001).
212. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
213. Elephants only sleep for two hours each day.
214. On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
215. The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue. (the heart is not a muscle)
216. In golf, a ‘Bo Derek’ is a score of 10.
217. In the U.S, Frisbees outsell footballs, baseballs and basketballs combined.
218. In most watch advertisements the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
219. If you plant an apple seed, it is almost guaranteed to grow a tree of a different type of apple.
220. Al Capone’s business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
221. The only real person to be a PEZ head was Betsy Ross.
222. There are about 450 types of cheese in the world. 240 come from France.
223. When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers plays football at home the stadium becomes Nebraska’s third largest city.
224. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra’s “It’s a Wonderful Life”.
225. A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.
226. In Iceland, a Big Mac costs $5.50.
227. Broccoli and cauliflower are the only vegetables that are flowers.
228. Newborn babies have about 350 bones. They gradually merge and disappear until there are about 206 by age 5.
229. There is no solid proof of who built the Taj Mahal.
230. In a survey of 200000 ostriches over 80 years, not one tried to bury its head in the sand.
231. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. A quarter has 119.
232. On an American one-dollar bill there is a tiny owl in the upper-left-hand corner of the upper-right-hand “1″ and a spider hidden in the front upper-right-hand corner.
233. Judy Scheindlin (”Judge Judy”) has a $25,000,000 salary, while Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg has a $190,100 salary.
234. The name for Oz in the Wizard of Oz was thought up when the creator Frank Baum looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N and O-Z.
235. Andorra, a tiny country on the border between France and Spain, has the longest average lifespan: 83.49 years.
236. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
237. Mr. Rogers was an ordained Presbyterian minister.
238. In America you will see an average of 500 advertisements a day.
239. John Lennon’s first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.
240. You can lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs.
241. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
242. “The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick” is said to be the toughest tongue twister in English.
243. There are 336 dimples on a regulation US golf ball. In the UK its 330.
244. The Toltecs (a 7th century tribe) used wooden swords so they wouldn’t kill their enemies.
245. “Duff” is the decaying organic matter found on a forest floor.
246. The US has more personal computers than the next 7 countries combined.
247. There have been over 600 lawsuits against Alexander Grahm Bell over rights to the patent of the telephone, the most valuable patent in U.S. history.
248. Kuwait is about 60% male (highest in the world). Latvia is about 54% female (highest in the world).
249. The Hawaiian alphabet has only 12 letters.
250. In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world’s nuclear weapons combined.
251. At the height of its power in 400 BC, the Greek city of Sparta had 25,000 citizens and 500,000 slaves.
252. Julius Caesar’s autograph is worth about $2,000,000.
253. The tool doctors wrap around a patient’s arm to measure blood pressure is called a sphygmomanometer.
254. People say “bless you” when you sneeze because your heart stops for a millisecond.
255. US gold coins used to say “In Gold We Trust”.
256. In “Silence of the Lambs”, Hannibal Lector (Anthony Hopkins) never blinks.
257. A shrimp’s heart is in its head.
258. In the 17th century, the value of pi was known to 35 decimal places. Today, to 1.2411 trillion.
259. The bestselling books of all time are The Bible (6billion+), Quotations from the Works of Mao Tse-tung (900million+), and The Lord of the Rings (100million+)
260. Pearls melt in vinegar.
261. “Lassie” was played by a group of male dogs; the main one was named Pal.
262. In 1863, Paul Hubert of Bordeaux, France, was sentenced to life in jail for murder. After 21 years, it was discovered that he was convicted of murdering himself.
263. Nepal is the only country that doesn’t have a rectangular flag. Switzerland is the only country with a square flag.
264. Gabriel, Michael, and Lucifer are the only angels named in the Bible.
265. Tiger Woods’ real first name is Eldrick. His father gave him the nickname “Tiger” in honor of a South Vietnamese soldier his father had fought alongside with during the Vietnam War.
266. Johnny Appleseed planted apples so that people could use apple cider to make alcohol.
267. Abraham Lincoln’s ghost is said to haunt the White House.
268. God is not mentioned once in the book of Esther.
269. The odds of being born male are about 51.2%, according to census.
270. Scotland has more redheads than any other part of the world.
271. There is an average of 61,000 people airborne over the US at any given moment.
272. Prince Charles and Prince William never travel on the same airplane in case there is a crash.
273. The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad. The most common name (of any type) in the world is Mohammed.
274. The surface of the Earth is about 60% water and 10% ice.
275. For every 230 cars that are made, 1 will be stolen.
276. Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. President to be born in a hospital.
277. Lightning strikes the earth about 8 million times a day.
278. Around 2,000 left-handed people die annually due to improper use of equipment designed only for right handed people.
279. The “if” and “then” parts of conditional (”if P then Q”) statement are called the protasis (P) and apodosis (Q).
280. Humans use a total of 72 different muscles in speech.
281. If you feed a seagull Alka-Seltzer, its stomach will explode.
282. Only female mosquitoes bite.
283. The U.S. Post Office handles 43 percent of the world’s mail.
284. Most household dust is made of dead skin cells.
285. One in about eight million people has progeria, a disease that causes people to grow faster than they age.
286. The male seahorse carries the eggs until they hatch instead of the female.
287. The “countdown” (counting down from 10 for an event such as New-Years Day) was first used in a 1929 German silent film called “Die Frau Im Monde” (The Girl in the Moon).
288. Negative emotions such as anxiety and depression can weaken your immune system.
289. There are seven suicides in the Bible: Abimelech. Samson, Saul, Saul’s armor-bearer, Ahithophel, Zimri, Judas.
290. A mongoose is not a goose but more like a meercat, which is not a cat but more like a prairie dog, which is not a dog but more like a ground squirrel.
291. Stephen Hawking was born exactly 300 years after Galileo died.
292. Mercury is the only planet whose orbit is coplanar with its equator. Venus and Uranus are the only planets that rotate opposite to the direction of their orbit.
293. John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Monroe died on July 4th. Adams and Jefferson died in the same year. Supposedly, Adams last words were “Thomas Jefferson survives.”
294. The Baby Ruth candy bar was named after Grover Cleveland’s baby daughter, Ruth, not Babe Ruth the baseball player.
295. Dolphins can look in different directions with each eye. They can sleep with one eye open.
296. The Falkland Isles (pop. about 2000) has over 700000 sheep (350 per person).
297. There are 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.
298. While many treaties have been signed at or near Paris, France (including many after WWI and WWII), nine are actually known as the “Treaty of Paris”: Seven Years’ War (1763), American Revolutionary War (1783), French-Swede War (1810), France vs Sixth Coalition (1814), Battle of Waterloo (1815), Crimean War (1856), Spanish-American War (1898), union of Bessarabia and Romania (1920), establishment of European Coal and Steel Community (1951).
299. Robert Todd Lincoln (Abraham Lincoln’s oldest son) was in Washington DC during his father’s assassination as well as during President Garfield’s assassination, and he was in Buffalo NY when President McKinley was assassinated.
300. The city of Venice stands on about 120 small islands.
301. The past-tense of the English word “dare” is “durst”.
Projects in play:
New mainsite design (system engineering)
New ITS site design & content mgt
Datacenter design
Awesome-O (oosum)
iTunesU
Identity Mgt rework
Disaster Recovery Planning
We're trying NeoOffice for this so hope it turns out well.
NeoOffice Crashed major.. moving this to wiki in hops of better result.
Projects currently on the table are as follows.
Identity management
We are currently trying to get the ID system specifications finalized. We've gone back and forth with the mainframe/banner gorup on how the user id's need to be structured. I think we finally have a consensus and we have an internal working spec. From this point forwatd we are in the coding stages for the latest revision of armadillo. The planned release/final date for Armadillo 1.6 which will include everything necessary for provisioning of open directory accounts is November of 05.
DNS system
The initial concept and design for the new DNS system is complete. We're awaiting final setup of the hardware which I believe is complete, but have not verified. The new system wil be serving DNS by mid September with a final production date of early October.
Final OS installation of Zebre hardware
We are in the final stage sof the OS setup on all Zebre systems. I believe we are complete for all systems except the retorgraded 10.3.6 Xserve boxes needed for the OracleDB system. Estimated completion date for the OS install is the week of September 5th.
Oracle Database
The OracleDB system is still in the OS install stage. We have the test system current up and operational, but we are working through issues using the onboard hardware RAID controller for the boot volumes. These are not major issues as we are using this opportunity to increase our new sysadmin's knowledge of the Apple pltform. We futhter nee dto determin an intial size for the databse so we can properly allocate seid space on the SAN. Extimated completeion of the database installation is the week of September 26th.
Oracle Application Server
There are currently two test instances of the application server in operation. From these test systems, we are depetmining the best approach to the 'identity management problem' and how OID and LDAP should interact. It's a nice spot to be in. Should testing continue at it's present pace, it (the testing) should wrap up around late september. From that we're assuming that production installations of the application server will be complete by October 15th.
Xsan
The Xsan system is waiting on two components.. the initial implementaion of Open Directory and the intial thoughts on how space should be allocated. Robert is working on the Open Directory components and estimates that initial directory population (for testing) will occur in October. Eric is working on the Oracle database requirements and should have nintial space requirements available the week of September 5th.
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Interesting things for today.
Animations are now working on the VoIP phones so we have more than one images rotating through. Perhaps if we have a catroonist around we can have billy panther waving or something.
Interviewed a very promising graphic design student. Hopefully things will work well in that area.
Met with apple regarding our support contracts and option available for support and training.
Found out that University of Montana desires to go the apple direction that we have gone for our infrastructure. We now have a friend in montana.
Steven is working toward finding large Asterisk installations again as well as pricing for TDmax hardware.
Installed a completely javascript IM system on spin. Next steps are to link it in to the user database and change the look-n-feele to something more spinnable.
En route to the deserts of Nevada today. Spent some quality time waiting in Indianapolis for ATA to 'fix' the airplane before we could leave. When your departure is an hour delayed because the plane "is delayed in the garage", it dosnt' exactly instill a comfortable feeling. The fact that you're reading this must mean they did an ok job with the duct tape.
So while I'm waiting in the concorse, there's this farm type family dressed in the typical suspenders, overalls, and 80's metal band T-shirts sitting across from me. What looks like the mother is sitting off to one side. There's two boys in their late teens or early twenties that are either brothers or friends sitting next to the father type. The father is reading FHM while the boys are sharing a playboy joking about it with their mother. Woud'nt Dave Letterman be proud if his home town now. Of course, the plane is destined for Vegas so perhaps they were just gettin ready.
Just proves that there's more than porn in Indiana.
I've taken enoughth trips now to see the US as just the abstract shapes you see fom the air. For this trip, we pass over Illinois right where I grew up. I can now corrolate the vectors of flights I would see heading over my back yeard as a kid to cities in the west coast. Kansas is a bunch of squares.. Colorado is a bunch of squares with circles in them.. after that it goes 3D with mountains that look managable. On the ground I'm sure they're impassable, but from the vantage point of this fine Boeing product it's just a little pile of dirt. Still amazing every time.
How many times have I mentioned that I hate Vegas? Given my frequent visits, it's starting to sound hallow. I can't stand all the blinking crap with gilded toppings, the pushers, the barkers, the prostitures and their paper media campaigns, and espically the masses trying to get ahead by betting everything they have then wandering around in shock when it's all gone. I'm hoping and expecting that we will be in the desert most of the time which is much more managable for me although it's going to probably just feel like a colder version of the middle east all over again.
There's some strange things afoot at yea ole NCSA. I've had some conversations regarding last years Fed Cybersecurity conference. It would appear that a major portion of the operation is moving toward the info security sector. Next year marks the magic date when NCSA looses alot of it's base NSF funding so there is alot of retooling in the works to be "competetive" in the research market. They're also gunning heavilty for the top dog biggest supercomputer contract, and probably would be a good fit.
Funny thing when new ideas come to town, the job offers start following. It's great until the ideas and the jobs move out to the coasts for adolescence. I wonder where good ideas go for college, middle age, or retirement? What is the merger equivelant in the cycle of life?
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From : http://ultimind.net/finalcutpro.html
These phrases were found inside one of the Final Cut Pro library bundles.
Look in /Contents/Resources/Final Cut Pro.rsrc
If we can't ship this puppy by then, we might as well be herding yaks.
I'm glad it's getting weird again. I didn't understand it when it wasn't weird.
More lizards, fewer bugs.
It's not awful by some of our standards.
I speak for us, all three of me.
With a rotary attachment like that it's already interesting to me.
That's the pain that keeps on giving.
Am I going to get killed if I walk through here?
I've got a slimy stick
The yellow snow ones have been really popular.
The teeth marks, you know, they just don't say squirrel.
Did we just have an HR moment?
We're still almost done again.
You'll notice a lack of crystal balls in this office.
We have a plan, we just need to tackle him.
It's hard to be mad in fuzzy slippers.
Do you have an chickens that you want to sacrifice at this tim?
Exploding trail mix strikes again.
Someone barfed performance all over our shoes.
Call it art and buy a frame.
Are we letting him modify code?
All through art school... I was clean!
If you'd filmed it right the first time, you wouldn't have to cut it.
I don't think I was tall enough to get on this ride.
The answer is violence.
Programatically generated violence?!?
Stimulants for everyone.
I have enough seeding in my life. I don't need them in my grapes.
What's next for our headless friend?
They're too busy rioting.
All of our balls are effectively juggled.
But they looked cute online.
It's not like you put it in your mouth.
Once you change how you think it makes sense.
Are headless yak bites appropriate for younger viewers?
So maybe you can tell me how this is supposed to work?
Is Marketing under NDA?
I'm sooo a rock star already.
Why does feature creep have to sound so ominous?
You know they were peeing in the pond and now no one wants to drink.
Stop messing with the tail of my stuffed animal.
Drop ribs, not frames.
Holy shh...oes!
If we're not going to do it we should do it now. If we are going to do it we should wait.
I'd be less concerned if it weren't for the squeeling animal sound that preceded it.
Just put a fresh diaper on it and ship it!
Who is Mark Good anyway?
He's kind of middle-aged, but he might not have a head.
Semi-transparent hangover.
Your brothers and sisters still exist when you aren't on the phone with them.
That's a better finger than all five.
It's easy to rock when you're in a great band.
The best thing about living in San Francisco is that you have time to make a full build on your way home.
Understanding threads in a C++ world is like getting a root canal.
This is terribly unsatisfying.
It's far more satisfying if you throw it at someone.
That would be better on a hot dog bun.
The C switch statement: Mmmmmm! Chock full of nooses!
That would be like crossing the streams or something.
Mmmm... Chicago style pizza!
I've got my blankie, I'm good to go.
A lot of this job is mental.
"Mostly clockwise, sometimes reverses..."
What's the sound of one luma clamping?
I just wanna be in the app!
Oh, rough and woeful music which we have! Cause it to sound!
The Yak is a delightful creature... rather like a visit with a bovine Confucious
Nobody might know anything.
I don't know, somehow it just works.
How do you tempt a Yak?
Chocolate covered espresso beans!
We're not the engineers you're looking for. Move along, move along.
The little cartoon man is messing with my head!
Speed kills, but sync maims.
It's compatible with it's legacy.
Twix bars: A brand-new bad habit!
Many Yaks were exploited during the creation of this product.
I can neither confirm nor deny the existence of nuclear weapons in this product.
I'm concerned because the cow sounded pretty threatening.
I am NOT a mad cow!
I don't care who's on the other end of the phone... Hang it up!
I have deniable plausibility.
Note to the galley: Romulan Cosmos no longer to be served on school nights!
Carrot and a footprint.
Asteriskified?
Where's a single Yak to go now that the Edit Bar is gone?
Aaargh, I forgot to pay the rent!
When you have a car that's that uncool, you just gotta drive stupid.
Did it happen with yesterday's umbrella?
When can I do color correction by the pool?
Are you filling his head with chocolate?
The lights going off at midnight, it's almost like a slap in the face... Hey, stupid, it's tomorrow!
Yeah, that's covered under item #152.
I was probably the last one to see him alive.
We're not play'in poker here.
All I want for Christmas is a stack trace!
Think PIKE!
Don't look at me. They're not my flying monkeys.
What, were you expecting "Moo" or something?
This is not a Yak Bite.
Somehow I can't convince myself that this isn't all just one big hack.
At least Spock had stone knives and bear skins!
It's a single malt problems.
Everyone drops it the first time.
OK... who's job is it to write the Flush Wizard?
Controlled evil is not necessarily bad.
Pinky, are you thinking what I'm thinking? I think so, Brain... but can you do that with a Yak?
It's like a gob of peanut butter for the roof of your brain.
Savor the unbridled complexity that we've crafted for you.
Look, there's no such thing as a 'Clacker'!
Don't panic - everything is under control. There is no fire. Have a great day.
Get rid of the spasmic "U".
That's my fault originally, but many others are to blame since.
The disco ball is spinning, but no one's home.
There were many lessons learned during the early years.
That movie had plot holes big enough to drive whole other movies through!
Please refrain from sucking.
I'm highly in favor of putting in code to do stuff.
I want to see lots of deliminators.
Can I get that for free?
Wrong thinking will be punished. Right thinking will be as quickly rewarded.
All right, Who replaced the Oscillation OverThruster with an AutoSyncDetector?
Will, you're scaring the children.
Didn't this used to be purple?
Hellooooo! I'm trying to edit here!
Remember-- thingies are free!
...and so forth and so on...
That and a folded napkin will level a chair.
Oops, It works!
Free drink? That just cost me $200!
Don't lick your zipper.
I went to pull it out and it was like three feet long.
Kinda cool; kind of a hack. Like so much of this business.
Salad is a lot of work!
The opposite of "weird" is "boring".
Do or do not. There is no don't.
Thirty quatloos says it crashes during launch!
Check your Caps Lock key.
...by an expert. Worse, a committee of experts.
There's a disease going around in QA right now. Stay away from those guys.
What? You were expecting a paper clip?
Personally, I _like_ editing under a tree!
We're going to leave the underwear in the tutorial.
Ok, Nobody prints, Nobody gets hurt!
Please hold for the next available consumer.
Cows didn't have dynamite and steam shovels.
This is so lame it hurts.
She's speaking in tongues.
I was the innocent victim of a drive by coding.
It's all wired up... we just have to turn it on.
Where's the 'Poof' manager?It's the international symbol for "Your zipper's open".
There exists, but you can't get there from here.
There was a memo?
That's a little too non-virtual for this group.
These buttons are... Bonk with Wrench, I Love Lightning, and Enjoy Fireworks from Lakefront.
It also doesn't read French novels.
I am SO 29.97 all the way!
Well, and 7 is more than 6.
Two "its" can be a "them".
I assume you stayed away from the snapping turtles in the pool.
I've been here before
You can call me Bruce the Wonder Yak.
As many of you know, I took some pictures of the Blair Hall fire as it occured. They are available [[here|http://eiu.edu/~jkoontz/BlairFire/]].
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// //''Name:'' Calendar plugin
// //''Version:'' <<getversion calendar>> (<<getversiondate calendar "DD MMM YYYY">>)
// //''Author:'' SteveRumsby
// //''Syntax:''
// //<< {{{calendar}}} >> or << {{{calendar //year//}}} >> or << {{{calendar //year month//}}} >> or << {{{calendar thismonth}}} >>
// //''Description:''
// //The first form produces an full-year calendar for the current year. The second produces a full-year calendar for the given year. The third produces a single month calendar for the given month and year. The fourth form produces a single month calendar for the current month.
// // Weekends and holidays are highlighted (see below for how to specify holdays).
// //''Todo:''
// //* Improve the formatting, especially when included in MainMenu
// //* Find a better way of specifying holidays. It would be good to support calculated dates (e.g. Easter), and dates for different countries.
// //* Add browsing facilities like jscalendar has
// //* Highlight "today", if visible...
// //* Integrate with the ReminderMacros
// //''Configuration:''
// //Modify this section to change the text displayed for the month and day names, to a different language for example. You can also change the format of the tiddler names linked to from each date, and the colours used.
config.macros.calendar = {};
config.macros.calendar.monthnames = ["Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec"];
config.macros.calendar.daynames = ["S", "M", "T", "W", "T", "F", "S"];
config.macros.calendar.weekendbg = "#c0c0c0";
config.macros.calendar.monthbg = "#e0e0e0";
config.macros.calendar.holidaybg = "#ffc0c0";
// //''Code section:''
// (you should not need to alter anything below here)//
config.macros.calendar.tiddlerformat = "0DD/0MM/YYYY"; // This used to be changeable - for now, it isn't// <<smiley :-(>>
version.extensions.calendar = { major: 0, minor: 2, revision: 0, date: new Date(2005, 07, 21)};
config.macros.calendar.monthdays = [ 31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31];
config.macros.calendar.holidays = [ "01/01", "25/12", "03/01/2005", "02/05/2005", "30/05/2005", "29/08/2005" ];
function calendarIsHoliday(date)
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var shortHoliday = date.formatString("0DD/0MM");
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return true;
}
}
return false;
}
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{
var calendar = createTiddlyElement(place, "table", null, "calendar", null);
if(params[0] == "thismonth") {
var today = new Date();
createCalendarOneMonth(calendar, today.getYear()+1900, today.getMonth());
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var year;
if(params[0]) {
year = params[0];
} else {
year = (new Date()).getYear() + 1900;
}
if(params[1]) {
var month = params[1] -1;
createCalendarOneMonth(calendar, year, month);
} else {
createCalendarYear(calendar, year);
}
}
}
function createCalendarOneMonth(calendar, year, mon)
{
var row = createTiddlyElement(calendar, "tr", null, null, null);
createCalendarMonthHeader(row, config.macros.calendar.monthnames[mon] + " " + year, true);
row = createTiddlyElement(calendar, "tr", null, null, null);
createCalendarDayHeader(row, 1);
createCalendarDayRowsSingle(calendar, year, mon);
}
function createCalendarMonth(calendar, year, mon)
{
var row = createTiddlyElement(calendar, "tr", null, null, null);
createCalendarMonthHeader(row, config.macros.calendar.monthnames[mon] + " " + year, false);
row = createTiddlyElement(calendar, "tr", null, null, null);
createCalendarDayHeader(row, 1);
createCalendarDayRowsSingle(calendar, year, mon);
}
function createCalendarYear(calendar, year)
{
var row;
row = createTiddlyElement(calendar, "tr", null, null, null);
var yearHeader = createTiddlyElement(row, "td", null, "calendarYear", year);
yearHeader.align = "center";
yearHeader.setAttribute("colSpan", 21);
createCalendarMonthRow(calendar, year, 0);
createCalendarMonthRow(calendar, year, 3);
createCalendarMonthRow(calendar, year, 6);
createCalendarMonthRow(calendar, year, 9);
}
function createCalendarMonthRow(cal, year, mon)
{
var row = createTiddlyElement(cal, "tr", null, null, null);
createCalendarMonthHeader(row, config.macros.calendar.monthnames[mon]);
createCalendarMonthHeader(row, config.macros.calendar.monthnames[mon+1]);
createCalendarMonthHeader(row, config.macros.calendar.monthnames[mon+2]);
row = createTiddlyElement(cal, "tr", null, null, null);
createCalendarDayHeader(row, 3);
createCalendarDayRows(cal, year, mon);
}
function createCalendarMonthHeader(row, name, nav)
{
var month;
if(nav) {
var back = createTiddlyElement(row, "td", null, null, null);
createTiddlyButton(back, "<", "Back", onClickCalendarBack)
back.align = "center";
back.style.background = config.macros.calendar.monthbg;
month = createTiddlyElement(row, "td", null, "calendarMonthname", name)
month.setAttribute("colSpan", 5);
var fwd = createTiddlyElement(row, "td", null, null, null);
createTiddlyButton(fwd, ">", "Fwd", onClickCalendarFwd)
fwd.align = "center";
fwd.style.background = config.macros.calendar.monthbg;
} else {
month = createTiddlyElement(row, "td", null, "calendarMonthname", name)
month.setAttribute("colSpan", 7);
}
month.align = "center";
month.style.background = config.macros.calendar.monthbg;
}
function onClickCalendarBack(e)
{
}
function onClickCalendarFwd(e)
{
}
function createCalendarDayHeader(row, num)
{
var cell;
for(var i = 0; i < num; i++) {
for(var j = 0; j < 7; j++) {
cell = createTiddlyElement(row, "td", null, null, config.macros.calendar.daynames[j]);
if(j > 5 || j < 1) cell.style.background = config.macros.calendar.weekendbg;
}
}
}
function createCalendarDays(row, col, first, max, year, mon)
{
var i;
for(i = 0; i < col; i++) {
createTiddlyElement(row, "td", null, null, null);
}
var day = first;
for(i = col; i < 7; i++) {
var daycell = createTiddlyElement(row, "td", null, null, null);
if(i > 5 || i < 1) daycell.style.background = config.macros.calendar.weekendbg;
if(day > 0 && day <= max) {
var celldate = new Date(year, mon, day);
var title = celldate.formatString(config.macros.calendar.tiddlerformat);
if(calendarIsHoliday(celldate)) {
daycell.style.background = config.macros.calendar.holidaybg;
}
if(window.findTiddlersWithReminders == null) {
var link = createTiddlyLink(daycell, title, false);
link.appendChild(document.createTextNode(day));
} else {
var button = createTiddlyButton(daycell, day, title, onClickCalendarDate);
}
}
day++;
}
}
// //We've clicked on a day in a calendar - create a suitable pop-up of options.
// //The pop-up should contain:
// // * a link to create a new entry for that date
// // * a link to create a new reminder for that date
// // * an <hr>
// // * the list of reminders for that date
function onClickCalendarDate(e)
{
var button = this;
var date = button.getAttribute("title");
var dat = new Date(date.substr(6,4), date.substr(3,2)-1, date.substr(0, 2));
date = dat.formatString(config.macros.calendar.tiddlerformat);
var popup = createTiddlerPopup(this);
popup.appendChild(document.createTextNode(date));
var newReminder = function() {
var t = store.tiddlers[date];
displayTiddler(null, date, 2, null, null, false, false);
if(t) {
document.getElementById("editorBody" + date).value += "\n<<reminder day:" + dat.getDate() +
" month:" + (dat.getMonth()+1) +
" year:" + (dat.getYear()+1900) + " title: >>";
} else {
document.getElementById("editorBody" + date).value = "<<reminder day:" + dat.getDate() +
" month:" + (dat.getMonth()+1) +
" year:" + (dat.getYear()+1900) + " title: >>";
}
};
var link = createTiddlyButton(popup, "New reminder", null, newReminder);
popup.appendChild(document.createElement("hr"));
var t = findTiddlersWithReminders(dat, 0, null, 1);
for(var i = 0; i < t.length; i++) {
link = createTiddlyLink(popup, t[i].tiddler, false);
link.appendChild(document.createTextNode(t[i].tiddler));
}
}
function calendarMaxDays(year, mon)
{
var max = config.macros.calendar.monthdays[mon];
if(mon == 1 && (year % 4) == 0 && ((year % 100) != 0 || (year % 400) == 0)) {
max++;
}
return max;
}
function createCalendarDayRows(cal, year, mon)
{
var row = createTiddlyElement(cal, "tr", null, null, null);
var first1 = (new Date(year, mon, 1)).getDay() -1;
if(first1 < 0) first1 = 6;
var day1 = -first1 + 1;
var first2 = (new Date(year, mon+1, 1)).getDay() -1 ;
if(first2 < 0) first2 = 6;
var day2 = -first2 + 1;
var first3 = (new Date(year, mon+2, 1)).getDay() -1;
if(first3 < 0) first3 = 6;
var day3 = -first3 + 1;
var max1 = calendarMaxDays(year, mon);
var max2 = calendarMaxDays(year, mon+1);
var max3 = calendarMaxDays(year, mon+2);
while(day1 <= max1 || day2 <= max2 || day3 <= max3) {
row = createTiddlyElement(cal, "tr", null, null, null);
createCalendarDays(row, 0, day1, max1, year, mon); day1 += 7;
createCalendarDays(row, 0, day2, max2, year, mon+1); day2 += 7;
createCalendarDays(row, 0, day3, max3, year, mon+2); day3 += 7;
}
}
function createCalendarDayRowsSingle(cal, year, mon)
{
var row = createTiddlyElement(cal, "tr", null, null, null);
var first1 = (new Date(year, mon, 1)).getDay() ;
if(first1 < 0) first1 = 6;
var day1 = -first1 + 1;
var max1 = calendarMaxDays(year, mon);
while(day1 <= max1) {
row = createTiddlyElement(cal, "tr", null, null, null);
createCalendarDays(row, 0, day1, max1, year, mon); day1 += 7;
}
}
setStylesheet("#mainMenu table, th, tr, td {font-size:10pt;}", "calendarStyles");
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*Blackhat July29-Aug3 2006
*Defcon Aug4-6 2006
*WWDC Aug 7-11 2006
*Educause Oct9-12 2006
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<form action="http://www.eiu.edu/phone/index.php" method="POST">
<input type="text" name="input" length="30"> <input type="submit" name="submit" value = "Go">
</form>
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MAC
sudo osascript -e 'say "Dum dum dum dum dum dum dum he he he ho ho ho fa lah lah lah lah lah lah fa lah full hoo hoo hoo" using "Cellos"'
An awesome designer, Yugo Nakamura. Check out his stuff at [[yugop.com|http://yugop.com]].
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<iframe style="border:none;" width="550" height="255" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.lares.dti.ne.jp/~yugo/storage/monocrafts_ver3/03/fla.html" title="HandClock">
</iframe>
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Wow, you've actually come here to look at something. Not wanting to disappoint, here's my personal space.
Have fun,
-Kahn.
[Disclaimer] All views, opinions, comments, and insults expressed here are not necessarily shared by my employer or even myself at certain times of the day. Continue only of you're a grown up with an open mind.
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PowerPC
*C - Boot from CD or DVD drive installed in the computer
*D - Boot from the internal disk drive
*N - Boot from the network server
*R - Resets the display on PowerBooks and iBooks to factory settings
*X - Boot into MacOS X
*Shift-Option-Command-Delete - Ignore the configured boot device setting and scan for an alternate boot device
*T - Put the computer into FireWire target mode so it can be used as a hard drive
*Option - Have Open Firmware run the OS Picker app to choose a disk to boot from
*Shift - Boot into Safe Mode
*Command-V - Perform a verbose boot allowing you to see all the BSD output as the system boots
*Command-S - Perform a boot into single user to peform some sort of system maintenance
*Option-Command-O-F Access Open Firmware directly without booting into an operating system
*Option-Command-P-R - Reset Open Firmware’s NVRAM, also known as "zapping" the PRAM
*Hold down mouse button - Eject any media, such as a CD, in the system’s removable drive
Intel
*Press C during startup Start up from a bootable CD or DVD, such as the Mac OS X Install disc that came with the computer.
*Press D during startup Start up in Apple Hardware Test (AHT), if the Install DVD 1 is in the computer.
*Press Option-Command-P-R until you hear two beeps. Reset NVRAM
*Press Option during startup Starts into Startup Manager, where you can select a Mac OS X volume to start from. Note: Press N to make the the first bootable Network volume appear as well.
*Press Eject, F12, or hold the mouse button Ejects any removable media, such as an optical disc.
*Press N during startup Attempt to start up from a compatible network server (NetBoot).
*Press T during startup Start up in FireWire Target Disk mode.
*Press Shift during startup Start up in Safe Boot mode and temporarily disable login items.
*Press Command-V during startup Start up in Verbose mode.
*Press Command-S during startup Start up in Single-User mode.
*Press Option-N during startup Start from a NetBoot server using the default boot image.
Verbose boot -> sudo nvram boot-args="-v"
Return to normal booting -> sudo nvram boot-args=""
<<calendar thismonth>>
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<<newTiddler>>
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Requirements for the Master's Degree (As existed on 11/13/06)
Masters' degrees include the Master of Arts, Master of Science, and Master of Business Administration degree. All masters' degrees must meet the requirements and restrictions outlined below and the requirements specified by the academic program in the "Academic Program Requirements" section of the catalog. Candidates hold final responsibility for knowing and completing these requirements.
Requirements
* Total Semester Hours: A minimum of 32 semester hours of study is required for all non-thesis options. A minimum of 30 semester hours of study is required for all thesis options or the recital option for candidates in the Master of Arts in music program. Candidates are advised to review the Academic Program Requirements section of the catalog for minimum hours required by academic programs. This requirement may not be waived or appealed.
* Residency Semester Hours: A minimum of 21 semester hours of the 32 hour non-thesis option is required in residence. A minimum of 19 semester hours of the 30 hour thesis option is required in residence. Residence is defined as credit for courses taught by Eastern Illinois University faculty at on-campus or off-campus sites. This requirement may not be waived or appealed.
* 5000 Level Semester Hours: A minimum of 22 semester hours of the 32 hour non-thesis option must be in courses numbered 5000 or higher. A minimum of 20 semester hours of the 30 hour thesis option must be in courses numbered 5000 or higher.
Restrictions
* Research, Internship and Special Course Restrictions: A minimum of 21 semesters hours of the 32 hour non-thesis option or the 30 hour thesis option must be completed in courses exclusive of independent study, research, thesis, internship, and special courses.
* 4750-4999 Hour Restrictions: A maximum of 10 semester hours of courses numbered 4750 to 4999 may be applied to degree programs.
* Research Hour Restrictions: A maximum of six semester hours of independent study may be applied to a degree. A maximum of six semester hours of research may be applied to a degree. A maximum of six semester hours of thesis may be applied to a degree. A maximum of nine semester hours in a combination of independent study, research, or thesis may be applied to a degree.
* Non-degree Hour Restrictions: A maximum of 12 semester hours earned as a non-degree student may be applied to a degree. There is no guarantee that any credit earned as a non-degree student may later apply to a degree.
Technology: Master of Science
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Program Mission: The purpose of the Master of Science in Technology program is to develop advanced knowledge and skills in those responsible for the leadership and management of technological issues and resources. The program is designed to:
* provide learning opportunities for developing advanced professional, technical, and personal competencies in the discipline;
* identify, develop, and implement quality strategies in today's organizations;
* develop research and communication skills necessary for technological leadership; and
* provide an understanding of ethical and social implications related to global technological societies. The master's program places special emphasis on quality systems, work performance improvement, and computer technology. The graduate program offers certificates in these specialized areas.
Admission Requirements: To be eligible for degree candidacy, applicants must meet all of the requirements for admission to the Graduate School (see "Admission to Degree and Certificate Programs"). In addition to the published university graduate degree status requirements, the School of Technology requires that applicants demonstrate significant relevant educational background and/or work experience or training when determining admission classification (degree, non-degree, or provisional). Provisionally admitted students may be required to complete course work in technology or a related field to meet admission requirements established by the School of Technology's Graduate Committee.
Study Plan Approval: The study plan shall be approved by and filed with the Graduate Coordinator or the Chair, School of Technology.
Degree Requirements
Degree requirements include those outlined for the master's degree by the Graduate School (see "Requirements for the Master's Degree").
Students must complete a minimum of 26 semester hours of course work exclusive of internship, independent study, and workshop credit.
In addition, the Master of Science in Technology degree requires this core:
* TEC 5103 - Science and Technology of Leadership. Credits: 3
* TEC 5133 - Total Quality Systems. Credits: 3
* TEC 5143 - Research in Technology Credits: 3
* TEC 5173 - Global Technology. Credits: 3
The Degree Program Allows Focus in the Following Four Areas
Technology Management: The curriculum is suitable for students who desire to be part of an effective management team in industrial related organizations. The program offers the ideal blend of technical knowledge and management principles needed for effective leadership. Key areas include total quality systems, statistical quality assurance, design for quality, advanced manufacturing management, industrial productivity analysis, industrial simulation, advanced computer integrated manufacturing, plant layout and material handling technology, problem solving techniques for manufacturing, reliability, and product innovation.
Training and Development : This cluster of courses is suitable for students who aspire to be part of performance improvement teams in industry and business. It focuses on helping people in the organization to reach their excellence in their respective capacity. Studies include work performance technology, leadership, training systems management, instructional technology, conflict in the workplace, productive work teams, and accelerated training and learning.
Career and Technical Education: The curriculum is designed for individuals who are committed to excellence in learning and education in the areas of Business Education, Family and Consumer Sciences Education, and Technology Education. Studies include curriculum development, social foundations of education, principles of career development, occupational perspectives, training program development, accelerated training and learning, administration and coordination techniques of cooperative occupational education, and instructional technology.
Computer Technology: The curriculum provides students with knowledge and skills in current computer technology. Key areas include data communications and networking technology, advanced database technology, multimedia and web technology, management of computer technology, data acquisition, industrial system simulation, advanced computer integrated manufacturing, automatic identification, and other industrial applications of computer technology.
In addition to the credit hour requirements, students with non-thesis options are required to be certified with comprehensive knowledge pertaining to their graduate study. Students are required to provide a satisfactory written report and an oral presentation under the guidance of a faculty mentor and the certification committee, during the graduating semester.
Detailed procedure of the certification and requirements for the written report and oral presentation are available at:
http://www.eiu.edu/~tech/CertificateofComprehensiveKnowledge-Approved11-06-03.pdf
Elective Course Work
Elective course work in the School of Technology includes senior-graduate and graduate courses with the prefixes of TEC, INT (Industrial Technology) COS (Career and Organizational Studies), and CTE (Career and Technical Education).
Elective course work from other academic disciplines may be included on the student's study plan with the written permission of the Graduate Coordinator or Chair, School of Technology.
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PhD Admissions -- as of June 25 2008
NEW - PLEASE NOTE: Admissions Application Deadline for AY 2008-2009 is January 15, 2008.
Any student with a bachelor's or master's degree and with a substantial background in the humanities, social sciences, or physical sciences is eligible to apply to the doctoral program. All candidates for admission must submit an application for admission along with a $60 ($75 for international applicants) credentials fee, transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate courses taken and grades earned, three letters of recommendation, and Graduate Record Examination scores.
Our application process is now conducted primarily via the world wide web, using the University of Illinois' web-based application through the Graduate College website.
Foreign students from non-English-speaking countries are required to take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) before they come to the University. Depending on the results, they may be required to take further instruction in English after their arrival.
Students are normally admitted to start the program only during the fall term. Only under exceptional circumstances are they allowed to begin it in the spring or summer term. All material for fall admission should be submitted by January 15, 2008.
Important information for applicants to the doctoral program in Communications
The admissions process in the Institute of Communications Research is competitive; that is, all applications are considered at the same time for fall admission (the Institute does not ordinarily admit students at the Spring term). The Admissions Committee members typically begin individually reviewing application files after January 1. Several University of Illinois fellowship deadlines occur in January. Therefore, applications should be received before the January 15 deadline for consideration with regards to these lucrative scholarships. The Committee strives to notify applicants by March 1 of their decisions. Since we do not have a rolling admissions process, it is very important that applicants adhere to the January 15, 2008 application deadline.
Applications submitted electronically at the aforementioned website are accessible by ICR as soon as the application fee has been paid. Applications for which the fee has not been paid, whether paper or electronic, are not released to ICR by the Office of Admissions and Records.
A complete application consists of:
-- Completed application form (submit electronically)
-- Application fee ($60 domestic; $75 international) (pay by credit card if applying electronically or mail to OAR with your paper application form)
-- Statement of plans, including relevant education, experience, research interests, goals and career plans (mail to ICR)
-- Transcripts from all previous colleges/universities attended. Two official transcripts are required from each institution the applicant has attended (mail to ICR)
-- Letters of recommendation. Three confidential letters are required from persons who can evaluate the applicant's academic ability and prospects for success in graduate study (mail to ICR)
-- GRE scores (institution code 1836)
Writing samples are not required.
OAR's mailing address is:
University of Illinois
Office of Admissions and Records
901 W. Illinois Street
Urbana, IL 61801
ICR does not have the resources to send periodic notices of the status of applications. Please feel free to contact us to check the status of your application file.
Telephone: (217)333-1549
Fax: (217)244-7695
E-mail: icr@uiuc.edu
Financial Aid
Financial aid is available in the form of assistantships, fellowships, and tuition and fee waivers. Students of color underrepresented in communications research are eligible for University fellowships. Most Institute students eventually receive some kind of financial support. The application for admission includes a section to be completed if you wish to be considered for financial aid. Insofar as possible, the Institute makes financial aid and admission decisions simultaneously.
Teaching assignments are also periodically available in other University departments or programs - for example, Advertising, Journalism, Speech, English, Business and Technical Writing, Unit for Cinema Studies, and Agricultural Communications - and in the communications program at Parkland College. Students with editing, writing, computer programming, keypunching, tutoring, or other skills often can find support in other units of the University. Usually these positions must be obtained once you are on campus and can arrange interviews. A few students also find part-time employment with the local media.
See also UIUC Graduate College Financial Aid and Fellowship Office
Residency
The doctoral degree requires a minimum of 96 hours of credit: 64 course-work hours and 32 thesis hours. At least 64 of these hours must be earned as a graduate student in courses meeting on the Urbana-Champaign campus. After the residency requirement has been fulfilled, a student may petition the Graduate College for permission to register in absentia for thesis credit. Students entering with a master's degree (or it's equivalent in graduate course work) may be given credit for part of it in completing the required 96 hours, but this does not waive the residency requirement.
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There is a lot of flexibility and power in [[ReminderMacros]]. You can set a reminder to fire on a particular date like August 8th, or a more non-specific date like "every Friday". Edit this tiddler and view the source to see the ReminderSyntax
!!!!reminder examples:
<<reminder month:8 day:17 title:"@@color(red):August 17th@@">>
<<reminder dayofweek:5 title:"Next Friday" >>
<<reminder dayofweek:5 day:13 title:"Next Friday the 13th" >>
For more advanced examples, see: [[Personal Reminders]] and [[Holidays]]
!!!![[showReminders]] example:
You can also use the showReminders macro to search through all of your tiddlers and list the ones that will fire within a range from today
For more advanced usage, see [[showReminders]] and [[showRemindersSyntax]].
<<showReminders leadtime:30 >>
This is the same showReminders call, but formatted as a table.
<<showReminders leadtime:30 format:"|DIFF|TITLE|TIDDLER|" >>
The below call will show all reminders in tiddlers that are not marked examples.
<<showReminders leadtime:30 tag:"!examples">>
!!![[displayTiddlersWithReminders]] example:
displayTiddlersWithReminders has exactly the same [[syntax|showRemindersSyntax]] and arguments as [[showReminders]], but instead of printing out a list, it will open any tiddlers that have reminders that will fire in the searched time.
<<displayTiddlersWithReminders leadtime:0 limit tag:frontPageImages>>