http://leglug.org/articles/2006/01/21/meeting-2006-01-21 en-us 40 Lebanese GNU/Linux Users Group Without further ado, here are the main points discussed in the meeting:<br> <ul> <li>Image recognition through neural networks and artificial intelligence, the topic of Hisham's Master's project.</li> <li>Content-based image recognition in Longhorn, Microsoft's to-be-released-in-a-hundred-years-from-now operating system.</li> <li>Some socializing amongst the members. I also must say that it was very cold that day.</li> <li>A discussion on high-performance computing. Examples are: Cluster Knoppix, Rox, MPI.</li> <li>Multi-threaded vs. parallel programming.</li> <li>A problem with Apache: It basically doesn't display files worth 2 Gigs of storage. Moreover, these kinds of files are not completely downloaded.</li> <li>Again, the issue of having a forum came up. And again, the majority agreed that it's pointless. We do have a mailing list.</li> <li>MD5 and battle against file sizes and backup recoveries.</li> <li>SHA1, a new way of hashing. (Note: SHAI is not a new kind of mind-altering substances)</li> <li>A discussion on BSD, its history, the BSD way of doing things, the licensing, and Hisham's experience with it.</li> <li>The Debian System, a book highly recommended by Bassam.</li> <li>Examples on famous BSD machines: Yahoo!, Amazon, Wallnut Creek, and several credit card companies.</li> <li>Embedded systems.</li> <li>A mention of the machine that has ten years of uptime. Wow.</li> </ul> <br>Until next time! Sat, 21 Jan 2006 21:10:00 +0000 urn:uuid:765737ec-8145-40f7-bd1c-a3dbea9fe671 http://leglug.org/articles/2006/01/21/meeting-2006-01-21 Meetings meetings minutes