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20081009:161058

Helpdesks for next week (starting 13 Oct) have been arranged. They are at the regular tutorial times, but anyone can attend at anytime. To see the timetable, visit the Help Desk Web Page

20080929:123232

Ross Richardson wins the prize for the story about how PythOS got its name. Here is Ross's imaginative explanation:

No-one really knows how 'PythOS' became the name of the small but powerful operating system built in python.. But, some say that it was the original name of the fragment of code found stored away on one of NASA's computers, hidden deep inside a folder on exobiology. It was from that fragment of code that one particular university student decided to build an Operating System. The student, now on the run, admittedly broke into the computer systems that reside within NASA using a beautifully written piece of python code that cut through the security measures in place with ease. The still unnamed student has claimed from hiding that 'Alien Collaborators' are chasing him and still has yet to be seen. Most of the base code of pythOs, has been transformed into OS code, if we look hard enough, though, we can still see that the underlying structure of the code is remarkably efficient and simple. The question is, what did the original 'pythOS' programs do? and who wrote it?...

20080907:093450

All assignment 1 submissions should now have been marked. Contact your tutor if you have not received your mark and feedback for your assignment.

20080903:080915

The question was asked in one of last week's lectures whether flash memory would replace rotating magnetic memories in the context of virtual memory secondary stores.

A very timely article about why this isn't happening at the moment, but could happen in the near future can be seen in the latest copy of ACM Queue .

Other news items have been moved to The About Page

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