Who are you?

[giza]

Looking through my "Friend Of" list, I see a whole bunch of folks who have me listed, and I have no idea who some of you are. In particular, I don't believe I know any of the following people: faekitty71, felislunae, firestormsix, hiromi_kitsune, jfbat, keokawa, ketrava, kimono_skunk, marnanel, pardouncia, snaury, thorfinn, tigerman, turrentwolfie, and wolfylee. I was wondering if perhaps y'all would be kind enough to leave a comment telling me how it was that you came across my LJ? (And, if we've met before and this silly leopard just doesn't remember!)

On an unrelated note, here are some articles I found of interest over the last few days:

Using BGP Anycast so that multiple physical servers can respond to the same IP address - This technique is used for global services such as UltraDNS and some of the root nameservers.

Jamie Zawinski's Tent of Doom - How to make a simple office cubicle into a more exciting place.

Tough Computers - A bit of a fluff piece that explains a little about how/why special computers with radiation hardened components are put in interstellar and extraterrestial probes, such as the Mars Lander.

Advanced Vehicle Automation and Computers Aboard the Shuttle - This is a much more detailed piece that goes into lots of detail about both the hardware and software aboard the Space Shuttle. Here's a hint: the computer in any car made in the late 90's or later is probably more powerful than the computer that is in the Space Shuttle.

Comments

[firestormsix.livejournal.com]

Hi Giza, I met you somwhere,...i can't remember if it was AC, Feral, or where, but i remember you from somwhere anyhow. Visit my main art site to see if anything looks familliar, if not, i guess you know alittle about me after you visit
Stormfire Studio.ca. here: http://www.catbox.com/firestorm/
or Northern Furs.ca home forum, here: http://www.northernfurs.ca/ff/index.php