Archives: 2004 February
Snow!
February 14th, 2004, No Comments
Yes, snow. In Dallas. In February. Very odd. And a nice power failure to go with it. I’ve been stuck at the office babysitting servers and watching the little LED bar graphs on the UPSs slowly dimish in size. Fortunately, the power is restored now but it made me miss this month’s DPRG meeting, which [...]
Trust Metrics from the 17th Century
February 9th, 2004, No Comments
Last time I was re-reading Heinlein’s, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, I was struct by the possible applications of the rebel’s cell organization to the sorts of trust metric systems being played with these days. Then, a few days ago, I ran across a web log entry noting similarities between mod_virgule’s trust metrics and [...]
The Robotron: 2084 Challenge
February 9th, 2004, No Comments
John Walti showed up last Wednesday for our Robotron: 2084 tournament. I may have had a slight home field advantange since I’m familiar with the particular quirks of my Robotron, so we played his choice of rules. Difficulty level 7, extra man every 20k points, winner of 2 out of 3 games wins the match. [...]
