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Books Wishlist

2014-01-08T19:13:27Z

A2brenna: /* Actual Books */

This page consists of books we'd like to get to stock the [[library]]. It is divided into 3 sections. The first is books going on this term's MEF proposal, this should be done by whoever is writing the proposal. The second is a list of actual books with ISBN. The third is vague ideas of what kind of books we need. The goal is for this page to be emptied by way of moving things from section three up to section one and then off.

A bunch of these were bought. That needs to be updated.

Programming Windows by Charles Petzold used to be the definitive guide to Win32
http://www.amazon.ca/Programming-Windows%C2%AE-Charles-Petzold/dp/157231995X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1269631483&sr=8-1

TCP/IP illustrated (All three volumes $180)
http://www.amazon.com/TCP-IP-Illustrated-Vol-Protocols/dp/0201633469
= MEF Proposal =
MEF Proposal books should include a quote and a sentence or two of justification.

= Actual Books =
Actual books should have a precise title and ISBN for edition desired.

*Coders at work
*Thinking as Computation
** http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/thinking-computation
*The Linux Programming Interface
** ISBN 978-1-59327-220-3

== j2simpso's suggestions should be sorted ==
*Dreaming in Code
** ISBN 978-1400082469
*Founter's at Work: Stories of Startup's early Days
** ISBN 978-1590597149
*Metaprogramminging GPUs with SH
** ISBN 978-1568812298
*High Performance Computing
** ISBN 978-1566923126
*Critical Testing Processes: Plan, Prepare, Perform, Perfect
** ISBN 978-0201748680
* GREP pocket reference
** ISBN 978-0596153601
* Programming Embedded Systems
** ISBN 978-0596009830
* High Availability and Disaster REcovery
** ISBN 978-3540244608
* An Introduction to Mathematical Cryptography
** ISBN 978-0387779930
* Real Time Systems Design and Analysis
** ISBN 978-0471228554
* The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
** ISBN 978-1400063512

== Non-technical ==
* Mythical Man Month (20th Anniversary ed)
** ISBN 0-201-83595-9
* Natural Harvest - A Collection of Semen-Based Recipes
** ISBN 1-4743-1461-5
* Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth
** ISBN 978-0747597209

== UI & HCI ==
*Sketching User Experiences
** ISBN 978-0-12-374037-3
*The Design of Everyday Things
** ISBN 978-0465067107
*The Laws of Simplicty
** ISBN 978-0262134729

== Course Textbooks ==
* CSfoo: '''rebind''' CLRS
* CS116: Downey, Python for Software Design: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist
** ISBN 978-0521725965
* CS136: King, C programming
** ISBN 978-0393979503
* CS240: GOODRICH & TAMASSIA:ALGORITHM DESIGN
** ISBN 978-0471383659
* CS246: SAVITCH:ABSOLUTE C++ 4TH ED
** ISBN 978-0136083818
* CS246: MEYERS:EFFECTIVE C++
** ISBN 978-0321334879
* CS365: Sipser, ''Introduction to the Theory of Computation'' SECOND EDITION
** ISBN 0-534-95097-3
* CS462 SHALLIT:SECOND COURSE IN FORMAL LANGUAGES & AUTOMATA THEOR
** ISBN 9780521865722

== Foundations/Field Surveys ==
* Knuth, The Art of Computer Programming (Copies that aren't signed)
** Volume 1, Fascicle 1: MMIX -- A RISC Computer for the New Millennium
*** ISBN 978-0201853926
** Volume 4, Fascicle 0: Introduction to Combinatorial Algorithms and Boolean Functions
*** ISBN 978-0321534965
** Volume 4, Fascicle 1: Bitwise Tricks & Techniques; Binary Decision Diagrams
*** ISBN 978-0321580504
** Volume 4, Fascicle 2: Generating All Tuples and Permutations
*** ISBN 978-0201853933
** Volume 4, Fascicle 3: Generating All Combinations and Partitions
*** ISBN 978-0201853940
** Volume 4, Fascicle 4: Generating All Trees--History of Combinatorial Generation
*** ISBN 978-0321335708
* Wirth, Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs
** ISBN 978-0130224187
* Dijkstra, A Discipline of Programming
** ISBN 978-0132158718
* Abelson, Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
** ISBN 978-0070004849
* Basic Category Theory for Computer Scientists
** ISBN 978-0262660716

== Strict Theory ==
* Recommended by John Watrous: http://www.amazon.com/Computational-Complexity-Approach-Sanjeev-Arora/dp/0521424267/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276314046&sr=1-1
* [http://www.amazon.com/Computational-Complexity-Christos-H-Papadimitriou/dp/0201530821/ Papadimitriou, ''Computational Complexity''] or newer equivalent
** ISBN 0201530821
* [http://www.amazon.com/Computability-Theory-Chapman-Hall-Mathematics/dp/1584882379 Cooper, ''Computability Theory''] or similar (Cooper is buggy)
** ISBN 1-58-488237-9
* [http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Kolmogorov-Complexity-Applications-Computer/dp/0387339981/ Li and Vitanyi ''Kolmogorov Complexity and its Applications]
** ISBN 978-0387339986
* [http://www.amazon.com/Cambridge-Tracts-Theoretical-Computer-Science/dp/0521802008 Blackburn, de Rijke, Venema, ''Modal Logic'']
** ISBN 978-0521802000
* Kozen, ''Theory of Computation''
** ISBN 978-1846282973

== Programming Languages ==

* Theory of
** Friedman & Wand, Essentials of Programming Languages, 3rd Edition
*** ISBN 978-0262062794
** Pierce, Types and Programming Languages
*** ISBN 978-0262162098
* C++
** Bjarne Stroustrup, A Tour of C++
*** ISBN 978-0321958310
** Andrei Alexandrescu, Modern C++ Design: Generic Programming and Design Patterns Applied
*** ISBN 978-0201704310
* Scheme
** Friedman, The Little Schemer - 4th Edition
*** ISBN 978-0262560993
** Friedman, The Seasoned Schemer
*** ISBN 978-0262561006
** Friedman, The Reasoned Schemer
*** ISBN 978-0262562140
** Dybvig, The Scheme Programming Language, 3rd Edition
*** ISBN 978-0262541480
* ML
** Reppy, Concurrent Programming in ML
*** ISBN 978-0521714723
** Paulson, ML For The Working Programmer
*** ISBN 978-0521565431
* Haskell
** Hutton, Programming in Haskell
*** ISBN 978-0521692694
** Hudak, The Haskell School of Expression
*** ISBN 978-0521644082

== Data Structures ==
* Okasaki, Purely Functional Data Structures
** ISBN 978-0521663502

== Typography ==
* Bringhurst, The Elements of Typographic Style
** ISBN 978-0881792065
* Knuth, Computers & Typesetting, Volumes A-E Boxed Set
** ISBN 978-0201734164

= Vague Ideas =
These can be anything from a title missing an edition choice to a topic name to a binding style/colour.

== Theory ==
* Approximation Algorithms
* Randomized Algorithms
* Computer and Intractability (Grey & Johnson)
* Human Computer Interaction (HCI)
* Project Management
** Software Requirements
** Software Design & Architecture
** Software Testing
* Concurrency/Multithreading
* Security (Firewalls)
* Introduction to the Theory of Computation
* Numerical Analysis
* Numerical Methods? (Stoer & Bulirsch)
** This is probably not the actual title. We want a book on numerical methods by Stoer & Bulirsch
* Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective (Bryant & O'Hallaron)
* Quantum Computing book (from QIP)
** We have the course text, do we need more on the topic? IQC Recommendation?

== Programming Languages ==
* Python
* Haskell .NET
* Ruby
* C#
* Visual Basic .NET
* OCaml
* F#
* Basic
* Groovy
* Javascript
* C/C++
* Assembly .NET
* Databases [SQL]
* Coq .NET

== Technology Books ==
* Ubuntu
* Unix/Linux Beginner Books
* OpenGL/DirectX
* GTK
* Unix Network Programming

[[Category:Library]]

SSL

2011-10-12T23:18:49Z

A2brenna: /* Certificate Location */

== GlobalSign ==

The CSC currently has an SSL Certificate from GlobalSign for *.csclub.uwaterloo.ca provided at no cost to us through IST. GlobalSign likes to take a long time to respond to certificate signing requests (CSR) for wildcard certs, so our CSR really needs to be handed off to IST at least 2 weeks in advance. Having an invalid cert for any length of time leads to terrible breakage, followed by terrible workarounds and prolonged problems.

== Certificate Location ==

A list of places you'll need to put the new certificate to keep our services running.

* caffeine:/etc/ssl/private/csclub-www-globalsign-wildcard.crt

SSL

2011-10-12T22:26:48Z

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== GlobalSign ==

The CSC currently has an SSL Certificate from GlobalSign for *.csclub.uwaterloo.ca provided at no cost to us through IST. GlobalSign likes to take a long time to respond to certificate signing requests (CSR) for wildcard certs, so our CSR really needs to be handed off to IST at least 2 weeks in advance. Having an invalid cert for any length of time leads to terrible breakage, followed by terrible workarounds and prolonged problems.

== Certificate Location ==

A list of places you'll need to put the new certificate file(s) to keep our services running.

* caffeine:/etc/ssl/private/csclub-www-globalsign-wildcard.crt

Main Page

2011-10-12T22:05:27Z

A2brenna: /* Machine/System Documentation */

This is the Wiki of the [[Computer Science Club]]. Feel free to start adding pages and information.

== Guides ==
<div style="-webkit-column-count:3; -moz-column-count:3; column-count:3;">
* [[Budget Guide]]
* [[Club Hosting]]
* [[Member Hosting]]
* [[Exec Manual]]
* [[Imapd Guide]]
* [[MEF Guide]]
* [[Office Staff]]
* [[Talks Guide]]
* [[SCS Guide]]
</div>

== News and Events ==
<div style="-webkit-column-count:3; -moz-column-count:3; column-count:3;">
* [[Meetings]]
* [[Talks]]
* [[Projects]]
* [[Industry Opportunities]]
</div>

== Machine/System Documentation ==
<div style="-webkit-column-count:3; -moz-column-count:3; column-count:3;">
* [[Authentication]]
* [[Backups]]
* [[ceo]]
* [[Conserver]]
* [[DNS]]
* [[Debian Repository]]
* [[Digital Cutter]]
* [[Directory Services]]
* [[Machine List]]
* [[Mail]]
* [[Mailing Lists]]
* [[Mirror]]
* [[MySQL]]
* [[OID Assignment]]
* [[SNMP]]
* [[Serial Connections]]
* [[SSL]]
* [[Switches]]
* [[Sony Camera]]
* [[Systems Committee]]
* [[TS-7800]]
* [[UID/GID Assignment]]
* [[User-data]]
* [[Webcams]]
* [[Webmail]]
* [[Website]]
* [[Virtualization]]
</div>

== Miscellaneous ==
<div style="-webkit-column-count:3; -moz-column-count:3; column-count:3;">
* [[Budget]]
* [[Executive]]
* [[Frosh]]
* [[History]]
* [[Library]]
* [[MEF Proposals]]
* [[Office Policies]]
* [[Projector]]
* [[Term Notes]]
</div> __NOTOC__

ARM

2011-03-14T04:20:13Z

A2brenna: Initial page

== Compiling and Running Your First Program ==

* Contact syscom to have yourself added to the board group.
* Log into corn-syrup, it has the necessary toolchain for building programs to run on the TS-7800.
* Clone the bwio git repository from [http://git.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/?p=arm/ts7800-bwio.git csclub.uwaterloo.ca:/srv/git/arm/ts7800-bwio.git]:

git clone csclub.uwaterloo.ca:/srv/git/arm/ts7800-bwio.git

* Build bwio.:

make CC=arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc

* Log in to caffeine and create a directory for yourself in /srv/tftp/ARM.:

mkdir /srv/tftp/ARM/$USER

* Copy bin/iotest from your clone of the bwio git repository to your newly created directory in
caffeine:/srv/tftp/ARM.:

scp bin/iotest caffeine:/srv/tftp/ARM/$USER

* Run become_board to attach to the TS-7800 screen session.

become_board

* Reboot the board by switching to screen window 1 and pressing Enter.
* Switch to screen window 0. At the TS-8000> boot prompt enter:

tftp ARM/$USER/iotest
bootelf

Machine List

2009-06-30T19:02:15Z

A2brenna: /* Office Terminals */

= Servers =

== ''sodium-benzoate'' ==

Sodium-benzoate is our mirror server, funded by MEF.

===== Specs =====

* Intel Xeon Quad Core E5405
* 16GB RAM
* 4TB RAID-5 array (8 * 750GB)

==== Services ====

* [[Mirror]]
* [[BNBT]] BitTorrent tracker

== ''ginseng'' ==

Ginseng is our file server, running Solaris Express Community Edition b91.

===== Specs =====

* Intel Pentium Dual Core E2180
* 2GB RAM
* [http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/misc/manuals/s3000ah_tps_1_1.pdf Intel S3000AHV Motherboard]

==== Services ====

* [[User-data|/users]] via ZFS and NFSv4

== ''artificial-flavours'' ==

Artificial-flavours is our backup server. It used to be an office terminal.

===== Specs =====

* Intel Celeron 3.2GHz
* 2GB RAM
* [http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/misc/manuals/Biostar_P4M80-M4.pdf Biostar P4M80-M4] Motherbard

==== Services ====

* [[Cacti]]
* Backup authentication and directory services

== ''caffeine'' ==

Caffeine is the Computer Science Club's primary server. It servers mail, websites, authentication and a large amount of other services. It is located in MC 3015.

==== Specs ====

* AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+
* 4GB RAM
* [http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/misc/manuals/ASUS_A8V-E_SE.pdf ASUS A8V-E SE] Motherboard
* QLogic fibre-channel card (connected to an array of NetApp disk shelfs) [planned]

==== Services ====

* Directory services with [[OpenLDAP]]
* Authentication with [[Kerberos]]
* Club and member web sites with [[Apache]]
* CSClub packages repository
* [[Puppet]]master

== ''corn-syrup'' ==

==== Specs ====

* eth0 ("Gb0") mac addr 00:24:e8:52:41:27
* eth1 ("Gb1") mac addr 00:24:e8:52:41:29
* IPMI mac addr 00:24:e8:52:41:2b

==== Notes ====

* Use eth0/Gb0 for the mathstudentorgsnet connection

== ''taurine'' ==

Taurine is the CSC's newest system as of Spring 2007. It runs multiple virtualized systems. It is located in DC 3558.

==== Specs ====

* 2 AMD Opteron 2218 CPUs
* 8GB RAM

==== Services ====
* [[Talks]] mirror
* Virtual machines

== ''potassium-citrate'' ==

Potassium-citrate is a dual-processor Alpha machine. It is on extended loan from one of our members. Needs 'rootdelay=15' kernel argument to boot.

==== Specs ====
* Alphaserver CS20 (2 833MHz EV68al CPUs)
* 512MB RAM

== ''ascorbic-acid'' ==

Ascorbic-acid is Sun Netra T1. Needs 'rootdelay=15' kernel argument to boot.

==== Specs ====
* Sun Netra T1
* 256MB RAM

==== Services ====
* Stratum 1 NTP server (planned)
* Runs ssh on ports 21,22,80,442,443,8080 for user's convenience.

= Office Terminals =

== ''strombola''==
Strombola is our newest, shiniest office terminal and has a decent videocard suitable for work with graphics and rendering

===== Specs =====
*Intel Core2 Quad Q8200 @ 2.33GHz
*4GBs RAM
*nVidia GeForce 8600 GTS

===== Speakers =====
Strombola has integrated 6 channel sound and the office speakers are currently connected to it.

== ''acesulfame-potassium'' ==

===== Specs =====
* Intel Pentium 4 2.67GHz
* 1GB RAM
* [http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/misc/manuals/ABIT_VT7.pdf ABIT VT7] Motherboard
* ATI Radeon 7000

===== Speakers =====

Acesulfame-potassium has 6 channel sound, but no speakers. The colors do not all match, though. Green is correct, but orange and black need to be swapped.

== ''glucose-fructose'' ==

Glucose-fructose is an office terminal.

===== Specs =====

* AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+
* 2GB RAM
* [http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/misc/manuals/ASUS_M2V-MX.pdf ASUS M2V-MX] Motherboard
* ATI Radeon X300SE

===== Services =====
* Office webcam

== ''natural-flavours'' ==

Natural-flavours' is an office terminal; it used to be our mirror.

==== Specs ====

* Intel Core 2 Duo E6300
* 2GB RAM
* [http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/misc/manuals/ASUS_P5L-MX.pdf ASUS P5L-MX] Motherboard

===== Services =====
* Office webcam

== ''romana'' ==

Romana is a BeBox that has been in the CSC's possession since long before BeOS became defunct.

===== Specs =====

* 2 PowerPC based procccessors
* Stylish Blinken processor-load lights

== ''sodium-citrate'' ==

Sodium-citrate is an SGI O2 machine.

In order to net boot you need to set /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_no_pmtu_disc to 1. When the O2 boots, hit F5 at the boot menu and type bootp():.

== ''dextroamphetamine-saccharate'' ==

A laptop office terminal, that was purchased in Winter 2008 for $20 at the UW Surplus sale.

===== Specs =====

Power cable is broken, otherwise working.

== ''guarana'' ==

A Mac Mini donated by a member. We plan to use it with our new digital cutter.

= Other =

== ''digital cutter'' ==

See [[Digital Cutter|here]].

== ''Lisp machine'' ==

A recently acquired Symbolics XL1200 Lisp machine.

===== Specs =====

Currently inoperable due to (at least) a missing console cable.

Machine List

2009-06-30T18:53:13Z

A2brenna:

= Servers =

== ''sodium-benzoate'' ==

Sodium-benzoate is our mirror server, funded by MEF.

===== Specs =====

* Intel Xeon Quad Core E5405
* 16GB RAM
* 4TB RAID-5 array (8 * 750GB)

==== Services ====

* [[Mirror]]
* [[BNBT]] BitTorrent tracker

== ''ginseng'' ==

Ginseng is our file server, running Solaris Express Community Edition b91.

===== Specs =====

* Intel Pentium Dual Core E2180
* 2GB RAM
* [http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/misc/manuals/s3000ah_tps_1_1.pdf Intel S3000AHV Motherboard]

==== Services ====

* [[User-data|/users]] via ZFS and NFSv4

== ''artificial-flavours'' ==

Artificial-flavours is our backup server. It used to be an office terminal.

===== Specs =====

* Intel Celeron 3.2GHz
* 2GB RAM
* [http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/misc/manuals/Biostar_P4M80-M4.pdf Biostar P4M80-M4] Motherbard

==== Services ====

* [[Cacti]]
* Backup authentication and directory services

== ''caffeine'' ==

Caffeine is the Computer Science Club's primary server. It servers mail, websites, authentication and a large amount of other services. It is located in MC 3015.

==== Specs ====

* AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+
* 4GB RAM
* [http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/misc/manuals/ASUS_A8V-E_SE.pdf ASUS A8V-E SE] Motherboard
* QLogic fibre-channel card (connected to an array of NetApp disk shelfs) [planned]

==== Services ====

* Directory services with [[OpenLDAP]]
* Authentication with [[Kerberos]]
* Club and member web sites with [[Apache]]
* CSClub packages repository
* [[Puppet]]master

== ''corn-syrup'' ==

==== Specs ====

* eth0 ("Gb0") mac addr 00:24:e8:52:41:27
* eth1 ("Gb1") mac addr 00:24:e8:52:41:29
* IPMI mac addr 00:24:e8:52:41:2b

==== Notes ====

* Use eth0/Gb0 for the mathstudentorgsnet connection

== ''taurine'' ==

Taurine is the CSC's newest system as of Spring 2007. It runs multiple virtualized systems. It is located in DC 3558.

==== Specs ====

* 2 AMD Opteron 2218 CPUs
* 8GB RAM

==== Services ====
* [[Talks]] mirror
* Virtual machines

== ''potassium-citrate'' ==

Potassium-citrate is a dual-processor Alpha machine. It is on extended loan from one of our members. Needs 'rootdelay=15' kernel argument to boot.

==== Specs ====
* Alphaserver CS20 (2 833MHz EV68al CPUs)
* 512MB RAM

== ''ascorbic-acid'' ==

Ascorbic-acid is Sun Netra T1. Needs 'rootdelay=15' kernel argument to boot.

==== Specs ====
* Sun Netra T1
* 256MB RAM

==== Services ====
* Stratum 1 NTP server (planned)
* Runs ssh on ports 21,22,80,442,443,8080 for user's convenience.

= Office Terminals =

== ''acesulfame-potassium'' ==

Acesulfame-potassium is the newest office terminal

===== Specs =====
* Intel Pentium 4 2.67GHz
* 1GB RAM
* [http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/misc/manuals/ABIT_VT7.pdf ABIT VT7] Motherboard
* ATI Radeon 7000

===== Speakers =====

Acesulfame-potassium has 6 channel sound, so the speakers are hooked up to it. The colors do not all match, though. Green is correct, but orange and black need to be swapped.

== ''glucose-fructose'' ==

Glucose-fructose is an office terminal.

===== Specs =====

* AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+
* 2GB RAM
* [http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/misc/manuals/ASUS_M2V-MX.pdf ASUS M2V-MX] Motherboard
* ATI Radeon X300SE

===== Services =====
* Office webcam

== ''natural-flavours'' ==

Natural-flavours' is an office terminal; it used to be our mirror.

==== Specs ====

* Intel Core 2 Duo E6300
* 2GB RAM
* [http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/misc/manuals/ASUS_P5L-MX.pdf ASUS P5L-MX] Motherboard

===== Services =====
* Office webcam

== ''romana'' ==

Romana is a BeBox that has been in the CSC's possession since long before BeOS became defunct.

===== Specs =====

* 2 PowerPC based procccessors
* Stylish Blinken processor-load lights

== ''sodium-citrate'' ==

Sodium-citrate is an SGI O2 machine.

In order to net boot you need to set /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_no_pmtu_disc to 1. When the O2 boots, hit F5 at the boot menu and type bootp():.

== ''dextroamphetamine-saccharate'' ==

A laptop office terminal, that was purchased in Winter 2008 for $20 at the UW Surplus sale.

===== Specs =====

Power cable is broken, otherwise working.

== ''guarana'' ==

A Mac Mini donated by a member. We plan to use it with our new digital cutter.

= Other =

== ''digital cutter'' ==

See [[Digital Cutter|here]].

== ''Lisp machine'' ==

A recently acquired Symbolics XL1200 Lisp machine.

===== Specs =====

Currently inoperable due to (at least) a missing console cable.