Showing posts with label linux. Show all posts
Showing posts with label linux. Show all posts

Friday, November 07, 2008

What I'm Researching...


Overview of RAMFS and TMPFS on Linux

Posted: 06 Nov 2008 11:02 PM CST

Map your memory as a drive? Wonder how this would work if you built a linux server with 32gb memory and mapped at least half that dedicated for simulations? How much faster would this be versus traditional disk-based sims?

Replacing multiple occurrences in nested arrays - Stack Overflow

Posted: 06 Nov 2008 10:58 PM CST

will this work in updating a dictionary of prices? if you have a dictionary of portfolio positions with values being python lists...would this be a good solution in updating the closing price of the stock (one of the items in the list)?

Monday, October 27, 2008

What I'm Researching...


Linux Server, Linux Hardware

Posted: 26 Oct 2008 02:28 PM CDT

pre-installed linux provider

system76, Inc.

Posted: 26 Oct 2008 02:26 PM CDT

pre-installed linux computers (laptops, desktops, servers).

The R fCalendar package (pdf)

Posted: 26 Oct 2008 11:18 AM CDT

date, time, calendar manipulations in R. Sample functions are diffTimeDate, isWeekday, isWeekend, and the very cool timeNdayOnOrAfter, timeNthNdayInMonth, timeLastNdayInMonth.

How To... Mount Your Computer Screen

Posted: 26 Oct 2008 10:17 AM CDT

details how to wall mount your monitor. very cool.

Javascript style dot notation for dictionary keys unpythonic? - Stack Overflow

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 06:59 AM CDT

great thread on object-style dot notation. instead of stock['id'], this thread shows how to create stock.id.

vizierfx - Google Code

Posted: 22 Oct 2008 12:38 PM CDT

really cool flex library to display graphviz graphs. haven't explored the flex toolset before...but may have to check it out.

z/OS Workload Manager - How it works & How to use it (pdf)

Posted: 21 Oct 2008 12:18 AM CDT

Great summary on Workload Manager (WLM)...including tips for setup and troubleshooting existing setups.