November 03, 2005
Book: One Night @ The Call Center
This is Chetan Bhagat's second novel after Five Point Someone. A friend of mine had recommended that I read Five Point Someone, so when I found the second novel, I thought this might not be a bad read. Well, I was wrong...
Rating: 2.0 / 5.0
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May 19, 2003
Sharing Internet Access With NAT
The most common application for networked home computers is Internet sharing. Windows users generally have to find a Proxy Server to do this while Linux users are happy with boasting about IP Masquerading. My network has a Windows and Linux node. One can setup a network for internet sharing in a matter of few minutes with the help of NAT.
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December 31, 2002
A Different Approach Against SPAM
Present day solutions to stop spam work by analyzing headers and message text or classifying the mail based on history. We propose a solution which exploits the weakness of computers to perform natural language processing in order to increase the algorithmic cost of automated mailing. The system can be introduced in stages while maintaining backward compatibility with existing mail protocols and the implementation and modification requirements are minimal.
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May 31, 2002
Turbo charged multiplication using FFT
An FFT can be performed in N*Log N steps. But how do we connect integer multiplication with something that transforms between domains? We also need to make sure the new operation we perform using the FFTed data needs to be at the most N*Log N steps, to successfully achieve fast multiplication.
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May 28, 2002
Fast Fourier Transforms in C++
Linear transforms, especially Fourier and Laplace transforms, are widely used in solving problems in science and engineering. The Fourier transform is used in linear system analysis, antenna studies, optics, random process modelling, probability theory, quantum physics and boundary-value problems and have also been successfully applied to restoration of astronomical data. The Fourier transform, has often been used in many fields of science as a mathematical tool or physical tool to alter a problem into one that can be more easily solved.
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April 02, 2001
Upgrading to 2.4.x kernel
Upgrade to the latest kernel of linux from your existing 2.2.x kernel.
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Open Source: Can It Work?
An exploration into the history of open source and ways to become a profitable open source developer.
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December 15, 2000
Linux TV HOWTO
This article will focus on getting your TV tuner card working with the latest version of bttv under Linux. My test machine will be a Celeron 300@oc'ed at 450MHz, 64mb RAM, Redhat 6.1 running Kernel 2.2.12-20 and Provideo PV951 card installed. The article is applicable to all distributions of Linux.
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November 27, 2000
A Look at Helix GNOME
If you haven't tried out the GNOME desktop environment and feel intimidated by installation procedures, Helix GNOME is the best excuse you can give yourself to install the GNOME environment on your system!
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November 01, 2000
QNX RTP: What Lies Beneath?
When was the last time you remember booting off a floppy to run an Operating System? QNX can do that and pack in a full featured web browser, internet dialing capability and support for many hardware devices. Now, they are giving away the entire OS and development tools for free... but is it worth checking out?
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October 13, 2000
Quick & Dirty Guide to Diskless Computing
Diskless workstations can give a new lease of life to old machines that are lying in your attic. Diskless nodes eliminate the cost of software upgrades, system administration costs, hard disk, cdrom etc. A computer which has only a network card, 8MB RAM, low-end cpu and a very simple mother-board with no modem/cdrom/floppy is an ideal candidate for the diskless transition! The following guide will try to help you setup a diskless node as quickly and easily.
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October 11, 2000
The Rich Robinhood
Open source is slated as the new mode of economy for the new age. But is it possible to make profits from free software? How is it of advantage to large and small scale developers?
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July 21, 2000
The Millenium CPU Battle
Both Intel and AMD managed to climb upto the magical gigahertz processors earlier this year, with AMD winning the race. However for now these processors will be serving purely the business community. For the home user and gamer who is looking to buy a new processor or computer, a choice has to be made between three excellent processors in the market currently.
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