March 2010 Meeting Notes
Compiled by Dave Jaffe
Contributions from Kevin Appert and others
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09:50 |
Coffee and a Chat |
10:15 |
BitBlts and Mandelbrots - CH Ting Ting will
return to the Mandelbrot program to solicit help with its display code. He
hopes one of the C experts in attendance can offer advice on the efficient
handling and use of bitmaps. To get us started, Ting will talk briefly describe
how F# uses the Graphic Display Interface (GDI) and other libraries in Windows
and then he'll ask for help on GDI functions such as CreateBitmap and
BitBlt.
- "The Mandelbrot plotting routines are in this
F# package. The key Windows GDI routine was
SetBitmapBits. I could not get BitBlt to work."
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11:48 |
Lunch We will walk to
The Treehouse by
Tresidder Union. Here is the
menu.
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13:00 |
Technology Tryout & Quantum Computing Preview -
Jack J. Woehr We'll try out some netconferencing technology using
Skype, and if all goes well, Jack will give us a preview of his upcoming talk
on
Quantum
Computing.
- Four Questions about Quantum
Computing - 29.4 Kb pdf file
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13:30 |
Extended Introductions, Rumors, and Gossip - All
Assembled We'll go around the room and talk about what we're doing at
work and otherwise. Some discussion items might include:
- What interests us as individuals
- What projects we might work on together
- Future of Forth and SVFIG
- Interesting products we've seen or desire
- Interesting websites
- Some FIG-UK material,
available for download
- Area talks, trade shows, and lectures
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14:00 |
Walkthrough of February HDLC Code - Samuel A. Falvo
II Sam will review the HDLC stack components he has implemented so far,
giving us a concrete example in support of his talk last month. |
15:00 |
Break |
15:20 |
Finding Work in Tough Times - All
Assembled Some of us have a good track record, others have starved to
death. We can discuss techniques and tips.
- DICE - Job Search for
Technology Professionals
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15:50 |
Thumb Drive Linux - Kevin Appert Kevin
purchased a tiny thumb drive (Eagle
Tech USB Nano Flash Drive) from usb.brando.com. These devices are
great for a bootable rescue toolkit or a Linux Desktop! He'll discuss the easy
process for making flash drives bootable or multi-bootable and the various
software distributions and tools that can be carried around this way. If you
want to get a head start on running Linux from a portable USB device, check out
the Pendrivelinux.com
website. |
16:00 |
Adjourn |
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Other items:
- Forth
- Doug Neale's
Personal Website - Forth
- Kosmix
Forth Programming Language
- Software
- PIET
Programming Language
- Hardware
- Books
- Other
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