http://www.cs.vassar.edu/ 2008-07-23T00:43:31-04:00 http://www.cs.vassar.edu/ http://www.cs.vassar.edu/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2008-07-22T22:15:27-04:00 Marc L. Smith http://www.cs.vassar.edu/research/ursi_2008/aiptasiabase/top?rev=1216779327&do=diff1216779327 TODO ->-> SERVERS AiptasiaWikiExperimental Ruby on Rails server interface RELATED LINKS <http://genomebiology.com/2008/9/5/R89><http://www.wormbase.org/><http://fly-fish.ccbr.utoronto.ca/><http://www.biomart.org/><http://www.openhelix.com/> PROJECTS AIPTASIA WIKI text/html 2008-07-22T06:48:32-04:00 Greg Priest-Dorman http://www.cs.vassar.edu/sysnews/recently_installed_software?rev=1216723712&do=diff1216723712   * Allegro CL version 8.1  Version 7.x is still on the system but no is longer being patched or updated.  Version 8.1 is what you now get with the command aclemacs and is what is linked to /usr/local/alc   * Dr Scheme version 4.0.1  Version 3.x is still what you get if you type text/html 2008-07-21T21:45:47-04:00 Greg Priest-Dorman http://www.cs.vassar.edu/sysnews/top?rev=1216691147&do=diff1216691147 July 21 2008 late afternoon - early evening Vassar’s internet connection was down. I received a call saying it was the College’s ISP that was having problems. It seems to be fine now. --- Greg Priest-Dorman 2008/07/21 21:42 June 25 2008 10:05am - 10:10am Remote access service Reboot As scheduled, the remote access server was rebooted at 10:05am EST. This was the final step in its system updates and upgrades. It was back up by 10:10am EST. text/html 2008-07-02T15:45:36-04:00 Michael Thaler http://www.cs.vassar.edu/research/ursi_2008/aiptasiabase/aiptasia_wiki?rev=1215027936&do=diff1215027936 Goals “”“” ---------- Design Ideas Wiki Implementation <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki>I'm curious what benefits we'll enjoy using MediaWiki as opposed to DokuWiki? In particular, MediaWiki relies on MySQL rather than the native file system, which introduces another layer of complexity in installation, maintenance, and support. This is not to say I'm against exploring MediaWiki, but I am curious what attracted you guys to this wiki over DokuWiki in particular, or other wi… text/html 2008-07-02T15:42:00-04:00 Michael Thaler http://www.cs.vassar.edu/research/ursi_2008/aiptasiabase/security?rev=1215027720&do=diff1215027720 There are many important things to be concerned about when creating a system like this, and security is one of them. From a systems administration point of view, the following things must be considered. Uploading Executables Allowing any user to upload and run any executable is TERRIFYING. This will require either auditing uploaded programs (and requiring uploaded programs to be sent in the form of source code to be compiled in-house), or carefully making sure that only trusted users can get i… text/html 2008-06-24T13:23:11-04:00 Greg Priest-Dorman http://www.cs.vassar.edu/top?rev=1214328191&do=diff1214328191 The Computer Science program at Vassar integrates the study of important theoretical foundations with the study of powerful scientific methodologies that are central to the field, providing excellent preparation for graduate study in computer science as well as work in the profession. The program provides a solid background for further work in Computer Science. Intensive study of Computer Science in the context of a broad liberal arts education opens up perspectives and opportunities for cross-d…