Monthly Archives: July 2004

Linux QoS API update

Posted on 2004-07-22 by Dan Siemon

My Linux QoS library is coming along nicely. It took me a few days but I changed the whole API to be based on GObject. The main reason for this time consuming change is to make bindings to other languages … Continue reading →

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Political Compass

Posted on 2004-07-21 by Dan Siemon

Political Compass is an interesting site. It asks you to fill out a short questionnaire and then gives you a rating of where you stand on the political map. For reference the site also gives the values for some famous … Continue reading →

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Ironic

Posted on 2004-07-16 by Dan Siemon

It’s particularly ironic that a few hours after I had posted my little rant on Police fund raising I discovered that the drivers side window had been smashed out of Karen’s car and the steering wheel ripped apart. Looks like … Continue reading →

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Police fund raising

Posted on 2004-07-15 by Dan Siemon

Yesterday I got a call from the Police Association of Ontario. It was basically a telemarketing call as they were trying to raise funds. This really bothers me for a couple of reasons. I always find it very intimidating when … Continue reading →

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Linux QoS API

Posted on 2004-07-05 by Dan Siemon

My wrapper library for the Linux QoS system is coming along nicely. Here are the function calls necessary to add a filter that matches the destination field in the IP header. filt = classifier_u32_new(); classifier_u32_set_class(filt, class); classifier_u32_set_priority(filt, 5); classifier_u32_set_protocol(filt, IP); … Continue reading →

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Course selection

Posted on 2004-07-03 by Dan Siemon

It looks like I have pretty much got my fourth year Computer Science courses figured out. CS325: Law in Computer Science An examination of aspects of law and policy that relate to the creation, protection and implementation of software and … Continue reading →

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Why images are bad links

Posted on 2004-07-02 by Dan Siemon

Website images that simply contain text make very bad links. An example of this can be found on the CBC‘s website. Notice the navigation elements on the left side of the page are images. There are several reasons why this … Continue reading →

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