SFLIS Minutes - February 14, 2001

- Talk about grade point averages at the U of I.  Median is above 2.
  A 'C' is below average.
- Are we an undergraduate or graduate organization?  Isn't there a category
  that includes both?  Our papers are due in a couple weeks.  Budgets need to
  be submitted by the 26th.  How much should we ask for this year?
- There's an anime show this weekend - Sunday, 1-8pm, C125 Poppajohn.  Go to
  swamp.sflis.uiowa.edu for info.
- ICON needs to have a meeting.
- It's slippery outside, but not as slippery as last Wednesday.
- Should we get a clock for the SFLIS desk?  What kind of clock should we get,
  and how should we secure it?  Let's form a committee to decide who should be
  on the committee to do a feasability study.
  Sometimes if you buy a year's subscription to a magazine, they'll give you
  a free clock.  Someone mentioned subscribing to a porn magazine - just what
  kind of clock are we thinking of getting?
  How about a sundial?
  The clock in a computer isn't good enough.  The Apple II didn't have a clock.
  You had to put a disk in and run a program to calculate the time.  Had a
  CPU clock, but no realtime clock.
  Etc.   This was followed by a brief review of the history of clocks in
  computers.
- What's your favorite computer error message?  "Please insert the operating
  system."  "Couldn't find keyboard - press F1 to continue."  "The trust
  relationship between this computer and the primary domain has failed."
- Some talk about kernels and how often to reboot, and processes that won't
  die, and handling bad memory.
- Sweethearts are passed around.
- How fast can you upload stuff with AT&T At Home?
  How long does it take to download gigabytes of anime?
- A computer with a remote controlled keyboard and a remote control for the
  remote control.  But if you lose the remote for the remote, will you be
  able to use the remote?  Computer comes with a 100 inch screen.
- As the meeting ends, some people stay behind to try and work out some plans
  for the SFLIS/SWAMP fest.